Lasertron "Longhorn" LED laser module with optical fiber
date: label: date made
content: 1990
name: label: maker
content: Lasertron, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A gold-colored casing housing a solid state (LED) laser and optical coupling connected to a 99" long optical fiber. Fourteen connecting pins, no cover. Used for communications. Etched on one side and on laser plate: "C51224". References: "Package Specifications," form PKGSPEC1, March 1990. These "Longhorn" modules were fabricated in seven configurations that emitted 1300 nm light, and three configurations that emitted 1550 nm light. The correspondence with the donor does not indicate which configuration this specimen is in.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Lasertron Inc., through Kenneth W. Nill
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0464.01
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0464.01
label: accession number
content: 1990.0464
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Laser Module
label: Object Name
content: laser module
label: Object Name
content: light emitting diode
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 1 in x 7/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 2.54 cm x 2.2225 cm