NASA Direct Detection Laser Diode Driver

B D Seery; C A Hornbuckle

doi:10.1117/12.951283

11 July 1989 NASA Direct Detection Laser Diode Driver

B D Seery, C A Hornbuckle

Proceedings Volume 1044, Optomechanical Design of Laser Transmitters and Receivers; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.951283
Event: OE/LASE '89, 1989, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

TRW has developed a prototype driver circuit for GaAs laser diodes as part of the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center's Direct Detection Laser Transceiver (DDLT) program. The circuit is designed to drive the laser diode over a range of user-selectable data rates from 1.7 to 220 Mbps, Manchester-encoded, while ensuring compatibility with 8-bit and quaternary pulse position modulation (QPPM) formats for simulating deep space communications. The resulting hybrid circuit has demonstrated 10 to 90 percent rise and fall times of less than 300 ps at peak currents exceeding 100 mA.

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B D Seery and C A Hornbuckle "NASA Direct Detection Laser Diode Driver", Proc. SPIE 1044, Optomechanical Design of Laser Transmitters and Receivers, (11 July 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.951283

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