Toptica FemtoFErb 1560 Laser¶
Driver for Tobtica FemtoFiber Lasers.
The femtofiber drivers, which among other things make the usb connection appear as a serial port, must be installed (available from http://www.toptica.com/products/ultrafast_fiber_lasers/femtofiber_smart/femtosecond_erbium_fiber_laser_1560_nm_femtoferb)
- class instrumental.drivers.lasers.femto_ferb.FemtoFiber(inst=None, **kwds)¶
A femtoFiber laser.
Lasers can only be accessed by their serial port address.
- close()¶
Closes the connection to the laser.
- is_control_on()¶
Returns the status of the hardware input control.
Hardware input control must be on in order for the laser to be controlled by usb connection.
- Returns
message – If True, hardware input conrol is on.
- Return type
- is_on()¶
Indicates if the laser is on (True) or off (False).
- set_control(control)¶
Sets the status of the hardware input control.
Hardware input control must be on in order for the laser to be controlled by usb connection.
- turn_off()¶
Turns the laser off.
Note that hardware control must be enabled in order for this method to execute properly.