A Python Tool to Control and Virtualize Laser Diodes Characterization Benches

We present a Python tool for the control of the laboratory instruments (thermal electric control, power meter, optical spectrum analyzer) used for the characterization of semiconductor laser sources in the framework of master degree courses available at Politecnico di Torino. This software can be used to control real benches, acquiring and elaborating the measurement data, but it can also work offline emulating the behavior of instruments and laser sources, thus allowing the students to work in a completely virtualized environment