Close-up of a rotating LiDAR sensor head, its glass aperture reflecting a faint cyan glint, on a city street at dusk.
905 nm pulsed emitterbehind the aperture of the scanning head

Application

LiDAR & 3D Sensing

905 nm pulsed emitters, VCSEL arrays and APDs — the transmit and receive path inside time-of-flight modules.

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A rugged handheld laser rangefinder resting on a mossy rock at dusk, its multi-coated objective lens catching a faint teal glint.
905 nm pulsed emitterbehind the objective lens

Application

Laser Rangefinders & Hunting Optics

The highest-volume 905 nm socket in the world — plastic and metal TO56 emitters, pin-compatible with the OSRAM SPLPL90 family.

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A pair of industrial through-beam photoelectric sensors facing each other across an automated conveyor line.
905 nm emitter diodetransmitter aperture of the through-beam pair

Application

Industrial Photoelectric Sensors

Standard 905 nm parts for distance sensors, light curtains and safety scanners — long qualification, ten-year repeat business.

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Close-up of a terrestrial laser scanner head on its tripod, standing on open hillside at blue hour.
905 nm emitter stackbehind the blue scan window

Application

Surveying, Mapping & Airborne LiDAR

Multi-stripe emitters up to 600 W and low-drift parts for terrestrial scanners and airborne mapping payloads.

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A weatherproof traffic sensor housing on a roadside pole at night, its optical window catching a cyan reflection.
905 nm emitter and APDbehind the weatherproof lens

Application

Traffic Enforcement & Perimeter Security

Emitters and receivers for laser speed guns, traffic scanners and perimeter intrusion detection.

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An airborne electro-optical gimbal turret under the fuselage of an unmarked survey aircraft at dusk.
1535 nm eye-safe sourceinside the EO turret

Application

Defense & Aerospace EO

Eye-safe 1550 nm and 1535 nm erbium-glass sources plus high-gain APDs for designation and EO payloads.

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A portable TDLAS gas analyser aimed at a stainless steel pipe flange at an industrial plant at night.
DFB source and detectorin the analyser optical path

Application

Gas Detection & TDLAS

DFB sources from 760 nm to 1742 nm with matched photodetectors — the complete optical core of a TDLAS instrument.

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A fibre-coupled laser light engine on a laboratory bench, its output glowing with cyan excitation light.
Fibre-coupled light engineat the glowing FC/APC output

Application

Medical, Bio & Analytical Instrumentation

Turnkey fibre-coupled light engines with TEM00 output and M² ≤ 1.2 — flow cytometry, confocal microscopy, Raman.

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Laser Drivers & Test Systems

NCD drivers, pulse boards, burn-in and metrology

Everything needed to fire a laser diode and everything needed to prove it still works. Pulse driver boards, high-temperature burn-in boards, pulse power meters, a 1 ns AEC-Q gate driver and the micro-modules behind them. Our least visible line and our most repeat-purchase one — because the customers are other laser manufacturers.

  • 905 nm pulse driver boards and 1535 nm erbium-glass driver modules
  • High-temperature burn-in boards for life testing
  • Pulse power meter for peak-power verification
  • NCD1020B AEC-Q qualified GaN / Si MOSFET low-side driver, 1 ns min pulse width
  • NCD3081M / NCD3091M laser driver micro-modules
  • Laser pulse signal generator and multi-wavelength RGB drivers

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Configurations

Expand a group to see the model table. All powers are peak pulse power at 25 °C unless the table states otherwise.

Boards

Driver and reliability-test boards, supplied populated or as bare designs.

Boards
ProductFunctionKey characteristicsTypical user
LZ-905-PD01Generates the nanosecond drive pulse for 905 nm emitter assemblies (V2.0 industrial release); 70 A peak, high-speed MOSFET outputMatched to PLD905 series; 900 – 1000 nm classRangefinder and LiDAR module builders
High-temperature burn-in boardLife and burn-in testing of laser diodesMulti-position sockets; high-temperature operationLaser diode manufacturers
Pulse power meterPeak power measurement of narrow pulsesDesigned for nanosecond-class pulsed emittersTest and incoming-inspection departments
Laser pulse signal generatorReference pulse generation for driver and detection chainsAdjustable pulse timingR&D and production test
Integrated circuits and micro-modules

The gate driver and driver micro-modules that sit at the heart of a nanosecond pulse chain.

Integrated circuits and micro-modules
ModelTypeKey characteristicsApplications
NCD1020BGaN / Si MOSFET low-side gate driver (automotive qualified)1 ns minimum input pulse width; propagation delay 3 ns typ / 4.5 ns max; 5 V typical; under-voltage lockout and thermal protection; 1.28 × 0.84 × 0.60 mm; 260 µm solder ballsLiDAR, time-of-flight laser drivers, power converters, GaN synchronous rectifiers
NCD3081MLaser driver circuit micro-moduleCompact drive moduleLaser diode driving in space-constrained assemblies
NCD3091MLaser driver circuit micro-moduleCompact drive moduleLaser diode driving in space-constrained assemblies
1535 nm erbium-glass laser driver moduleDedicated driver for LZ1535 erbium-glass lasersMatched to the LZ1535 pulse and energy rangeRangefinding and designation systems
Single-colour CW driver moduleCW driver for fibre-coupled single-colour sources5 V DC, digital modulation, 50:1 polarization ratioBio-instrumentation, spectroscopy
RGB multi-wavelength fibre-coupled driverMulti-channel driver for combined-wavelength enginesIndependent channel controlMulti-wavelength light engines

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Datasheets

These variants have a formal specification document, issued as a LumeLiDAR-branded PDF. Click a variant to request it — we will send it back with the quotation.

Typical applications

Where this family is usually designed in:

LiDAR & 3D Sensing Defense & Aerospace EO

Driver boards can be supplied matched to the emitter you buy, so the pulse width, current and repetition rate arrive already characterised. This is the line most often overlooked by competitors — and the one with the highest repeat order rate.

Send us the specification you need to hit.

Wavelength, peak power, package and annual volume is usually enough for us to quote — and to say whether a sample is available from stock.

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