Performed a quick check of the ALS laser that was removed from EndX yesterday, InnoLight Prometheus S/N 2011B.
The datasheet for this laser is here. The following settings
were as I found the laser:
diode current 1.832 A
laser crystal temperature 29.02 degC
doubling crystal temperature 33.41 degC
diode 1 temperature 20.99 degC
diode 2 temperature 20.30 degC
The output power at 532 nm was 47.4 mW as measured by a Thorlabs S140C power meter. The output power at 1064 nm
was 1.53 W as measured by a Gentec TPM300 power meter.
Initially the power at 532 nm seemed reasonably stable. Then I observed it climb from 47.4 mW to ~60 mW and
back down a couple of times. During these episodes the 1064 nm power remained stable. The frequency doubling
crystal TEC error signal varied from 1 mV to 2.2 mV. Which corresponds to a temperature change of
1.2 mV / (10 V/degC) = 0.12E-3 degC. The change in wavelength with respect to temperature is ~0.03 nm/degC.
However just because the wavelength changes doesn't necessarily mean the output power changes, that depends on
the resonator finesse.
I then set the laser settings to those listed in the datasheet, namely
diode current 1.750 A
laser crystal temperature 24.00 degC
doubling crystal temperature 33.20 degC
diode 1 temperature 20.99 degC
diode 2 temperature 20.31 degC
At these settings the output power at 1064 nm was 1.44 W. Initially the output power at 532 nm was 41.4 mW
but was seen to vary as high as ~63 mW. Again no temperature or diode power related signals appeared to vary
in sync with the observed power changes.
Perhaps of note is the thermistor reference voltage(s) were measured to be 6.64 V and 6.58 V, instead of
6.85 V for both the frequency doubling crystal and diode 2 respectively. Without knowing the circuitry for
the thermistor, I don't know if this is significant or not.