Request Info3SP Technologies SAS• 980-nm • ≤660-mW operating power • RoHS-compliant The 1999 CHP series ultrahigh-power 980-nm terrestrial pump laser modules have been released by 3S Photonics SA. The proprietary laser chip is fully qualified in accordance with Telcordia GR-468 Core specifications. Modules are available with kink-free operating power up to 660 mW at operating temperatures from –5 to 75 °C, and the laser chip delivers >900 mW at 1100 mA. The wavelength is locked via a fibre Bragg grating located in a single-mode polarization-maintaining fibre pigtail. 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