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on, but can activate either by serial API commands, or by pressing the circular power button on the
front of the ICE box. The four LEDs on the front of the ICE PS2 power supply indicate whether the ICE
box is in standby mode (Top LED on), or receiving full power (bottom three LEDs on).
Making Connections to a Laser System
The ICE-CS1 and ICE-QT1 boards each have two connections, and the ICE-PB1 board has four. Not all
connectors on each card are used in the configuration described in this guide, but all connections on
each card can be used at the same time. While the ICE box is fully powered off, connect the Hirose
temperature control of the D2-100 to the “Ch 1 & 2” Hirose connector on the ICE-QT1 card using an 8-
pin Hirose cable. Attach an SMA cable to the “Laser Out” SMA on the ICE-CS1 card, then remove the
50Ω shorting cap from the D2-100 and connect the SMA cable. Finally, connect the top 6-pin Hirose
power connector on the ICE-PB1 card to the power connector of the D2-210 spectroscopy module.
Power on the ICE system. Descriptions of each card can be found below.
ICE-QT1
On the ICE-QT1 board there are two 8-pin Hirose connectors labeled “Ch 1 & 2”, and “Ch 3 & 4”
respectively. Each Hirose connector can control two TEC plants for a total of four plants per QT1
board. One ICE-QT1 board is able to temperature control two D2-100 lasers.
Fig. 2: The ICE QT1 Board
ICE-CS1
On the ICE-CS1 board there are two SMA connectors: “Error In” and “Laser Out”. The “Error In” SMA
takes the error signal from a photodetector such as the one in the D2-210, and the “Laser Out” SMA is
for current controlling a laser diode such as the D2-100. Each D2-100 laser in your system needs its
own ICE-CS1 or ICE-CP1 card to act as a current controller, depending on whether it's being locked to
spectroscopy, or to a maser laser in an offset phase lock.
