See this diagram,I've been told the the proprietary drivers offer some extra protection from very short spikes (on power up and shutdown) in the current which laser diodes are very sensitive to ...

Texas Instruments' LMH13000 integrated laser driver delivers an 800-ps rise time and 50-mA to 5-A adjustable output current, ...

The EVLD02-II provides a convenient and easy to operate platform for evaluation of the IXLD02SI Laser ... diagram supplied with each unit. Connection to the customer’s laser diode driver is ...