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Buying Erbium-doped Fiber Amplifiers

erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

Top-level product category: icon lasers and laser amplifiers

More general product categories: fiber amplifiers

Related product category: optical fiber communication systems and devices

Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers are the most important fiber amplifiers for long-range optical fiber communications. They efficiently amplify light in the 1.5-μm wavelength region, where telecom fibers have their loss minimum, and can amplify a large number of signal channels simultaneously.

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NEW: Structured Decision Process

Purchasing involves a lot of responsibility. We recommend that you apply best practice by using the following structured process: Go through the following expandable sections, complete the form and finally come to a purchase decision. You can then print that to a PDF for documenting the process.

Our article on best practices for purchasing and another one explaining this tool give you valuable insights.

1. Understand the technical background

It is important to sufficiently understand the technology before buying.

Use the comprehensive learning resources of RP Photonics:

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2. Define your requirements

It is essential to fully understand and clearly define your requirements before you buy.

We recommend that you develop a list of clear specifications according to your specific needs, against which you can later check the suitability of found product offers:

To help you, we have already listed some aspects we recommend you consider when buying erbium-doped fiber amplifiers. Of course, there may be other aspects that are relevant to your specific case.

This list is for your own preparation, and can later (possibly in modified form) be used for quotation requests to suppliers.

Otherwise, you will need to talk to your technical colleagues.

If you cannot sufficiently clarify your requirements, you may want to get technical consultancy from RP Photonics.

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3. Find suitable suppliers

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Suppliers for Erbium-doped Fiber Amplifiers

46 suppliers for erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFA) are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 7 present their product descriptions. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.

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The specialist in laser technologies

Lumibird – Quantel, Keopsys, Convergent, Continuum brands
2 rue Paul Sabatier
22300 Lannion
France
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See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth A2.341)!

erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

Lumibird manufactures a unique range of CW and pulsed Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers (EDFAs), available as turnkey benchtop instruments or in OEM modules.

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Thorlabs
43 Sparta Avenue
Newton, NJ 07860
United States
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See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B2.403, A1.530) and CLEO 2025 in Long Beach (CA), USA, May 4–9 (booth 113)!

erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

Within its optical amplifier selection, Thorlabs designs and manufactures both polarization-maintaining (PM) and single mode (SM) erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) for use in the C-Band (1530 – 1565 nm). These benchtop fiber amplifiers join our femtosecond all-PM-fiber erbium-doped amplified oscillator, the FSL1550, which produces <40 fs pulses and provides record peak pulse power.

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Helping our customers reach their research @ commercial goals for over 45 years

MPB Communications
Head Office
147 Hymus Boulevard
Montreal, Quebec H9R 1E9
Canada
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erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

Leveraging a rich legacy in fiber optic technologies, MPBC has positioned itself as a leading provider of optical amplification solutions. Our network-ready subsystems feature high-power EDFAs and Raman amplifiers, providing extended repeaterless reach for both new and existing OPGW, terrestrial, and submarine networks.

Our erbium-doped fiber amplifier and preamplifier gain modules are compact, energy-efficient, and designed for superior performance across a wide range of applications. Available in single and multi-channel configurations, they deliver low noise and high gain, making them ideal for the telecom, military, test & measurement, and aerospace industries.

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Specialist in Special Optical Devices

CSRayzer Optical Technology Co., Ltd
1F, 2F, 6F, No. 5 Bldg, 88#
Hongshan District
Wuhan 430074
China
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See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth A3.426)!

CSRayzer offers erbium-doped fiber amplifier modules, which are suitable for multi-channel operation in the C band, L band or C+L bands. Modules with polarization-maintaining fiber or for pulse amplification are also available.

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Lasers for the Molecular Age

Cycle GmbH
Luruper Hauptstr. 1
22547 Hamburg
Germany
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See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B2.122)!

Based on Cycle's own femtosecond fiber lasers, the company also offers fiber-based amplifiers (EDFA) with a center wavelength of 1550 nm to 1700 nm. This variant of the SOPRANO-CA is a very attractive solution to amplify the output of beam arrival monitors in synchrotron or FEL facilities, for example. Other custom-made fiber amplifiers are available upon request.

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Precision in photonics. Together we shape a sustainable future.

Menlo Systems GmbH
Bunsenstr. 5
82152 Martinsried
Germany
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See the company profile page for additional contact information.

See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B2.407) and CLEO 2025 in Long Beach (CA), USA, May 4–9 (booth 305)!

erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

Menlo Systems' erbium-doped fiber amplifiers use polarization maintaining (PM) components only, ensuring excellent stability and low-noise operation. Both, our scientific and OEM platform offer highest average output power and short pulse operation.

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The lasers you need. From the people you trust. Our experience, your advantage.

RPMC Lasers, Inc.
8495 Veterans Memorial Pkwy
O’Fallon MO 63366
United States
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erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

Serving North America, RPMC Lasers offers a wide range of erbium and ytterbium fiber lasers and amplifiers from BKtel Photonics, delivering economical, compact, or custom solutions for expanding fiber optic networks.

Our designs meet the exacting demands of modern applications as a leading manufacturer of Telcordia grade fiber amplifiers and lasers, with extensive in-house knowledge of Erbium Doped fiber lasers and amplifiers, ISO 9001 certified, and key components for LIDAR in autonomous driving, 3D scanning, imaging, telemetry, and obstacle detection.

Customization options fit your specific requirements with a wide range of base configurations from pulsed or CW fiber lasers to CW fiber optical amplifiers, spanning OEM and modular systems with no drive electronics to fully turnkey solutions, tailored for wavelength, polarization, or modulation, with flexible, modular designs for easy integration into material processing, optical metrology, and sensing environments.

Let RPMC help you find the right laser today!

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Other Suppliers

Agiltron Inc.
United States
Alnair Labs
Japan
AP Technologies
United Kingdom
BaySpec Inc.
United States
Beijing Rofea Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
China
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BKtel photonics
France
CorActive High-Tech Inc.
Canada
Crisel Instruments s.r.l.
Italy
Crystech Inc.
China
CYBEL, LLC
United States
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ELUXI Ltd.
United Kingdom
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EMCORE Corporation
United States
FiberBridge Photonics GmbH
Germany
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Fiberinthebox
Hong Kong
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FiberLabs Inc.
Japan
FORC-Photonics
Russian Federation
FS.COM Inc
United States
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GLsun Science And Tech Co., Ltd
China
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HAM Präzision - Hartmetallwerkzeugfabrik Andreas Maier GmbH
Germany
HC Optical Science and Tech
China
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Lightcomm Technology Co., Ltd.
China
Lumispot Technology Corp.
China
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Mitsubishi Cable Industries
Japan
molex LLC
United States
MWTechnologies, Lda.
Portugal
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Neptec Optical Solutions
United States
Nuphoton Technologies
United States
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OFS Global Headquarters
United States
Optilab, LLC
United States
Optiwave Photonics Limited
India
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Opto-Link
Hong Kong
Photonwares Co.
United States
Polytec GmbH
Germany
Princeton Scientific Corp.
United States
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Pritel
United States
SIMTRUM Pte. Ltd.
Singapore
Sintec Optronics Pte Ltd (HQ)
Singapore
Techwin (China) Industr Co., Ltd.
China
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Xiamen Fengxing Optoelectro-tek Co., Ltd.
China
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