A quasi-continuous-wave (QCW) laser diode (LD) driver is commonly used to drive diode bars and stacks designed specifically for QCW operations in solid-state lasers. As a result. Laser diode drivers are electronic devices which are used to supply one or several laser diodes with the required electrical drive current. Most of them obtain electrical power from the public grid, but there are also battery-operated devices. Often the compo-nent cost is the driving factor for the selection without considering the complete system cost to design, pro-duce, test and support. Low power driver LDP-2023 is a linear current source with excellent properties for driving low power laser diodes.
[PDF Version]