Buying Erbium-doped Laser Gain Media

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Fibercore's portfolio of erbium-doped fiber, PM erbium fiber, dual-clad erbium/ytterbium-doped fiber, triple-clad doped fiber and other doped fibers offers ideal suitability for high-power erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) and fiber lasers.

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Optogama offers different Er-doped laser gain media:

• Er³⁺/Yb³⁺ co-doped phosphate glass
• yttrium-aluminum borate (Er/Yb:YAB) crystal gain media

These are suitable for lasers emitting in the eye-safe spectral range of 1.5–1.6 µm.

Phosphate glass combines a long lifetime of Er³⁺ upper laser level with efficient energy transfer between Yb³⁺ and Er³⁺ ions and reduced upconversion losses, thus providing efficient operation in passively Q-switched diode-pumped and flash-lump pumped lasers used in range-finders.

Er/Yb:YAB is characterized by high thermal conductivity and demonstrates high average output power in CW and pulsed modes under diode-laser pumping.

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MegaWatt Lasers Inc. has a large inventory laser rods, including Er:YAG rods. We also can assist in the design and modeling for various applications.

Leader in fluoride glass and optical fiber technology

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Thanks to their high rare-earth solubility (up to 100,000 ppm) and low phonon energy, LVF fluoride fibers offer dozens of active transitions, enabling a broad range of applications from visible to the mid-infrared.

LVF erbium-doped fibers are available as single-mode fibers or double cladding fibers.

LVF erbium doped fibers can be used for laser emission at visible wavelengths (470 nm, 540 nm), infrared wavelengths (1.55 µm) and mid-infrared wavelengths (2.94 µm, 3.5 µm).

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The amplification of optical transmission signals is enabled through our high efficiency erbium-doped fibers (ideal for C and L band amplifiers). Our wide range of erbium-doped optical fibers allows for tailored optical amplifiers (EDFAs) performance based on your requirements. Exail’s erbium-doped fiber (EDF) products have been optimized to fulfill the exigency of high efficiency and low noise EDFAs in the C & L bands. They cover a wide range of applications, from telecom to LIDAR. Space radiation versions are available (TRL 9).

Benefits & features:

• low noise figure
• flat gain shape
• high efficiency
• low splice loss
• highly consistent spectroscopic data
• 80 µm reduced cladding on request
• PM Panda structure

Applications: 1.5-μm lasers and amplifiers, EDFAs, fiber lasers, small footprint fiber amplifiers.