Where to Buy Laser Gain Media
There is a wide range of laser gain media, including laser crystals, glasses and ceramics, gases and liquids. Most modern lasers are based on solid-state gain media, which come in different forms, such as bulk crystals and active optical fibers.
More specific products: ceramic laser gain media, laser crystals, laser dyes, laser glasses, rare-earth-doped laser gain media, transition-metal-doped laser gain media
Related product category: materials
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 Change the Color of Light to Expand your Possibilities! GWU-Lasertechnik Vertriebsges. mbH Bonner Ring 9 50374 Erftstadt Germany ISO 9001 |  Crystalline laser gain media are know as most reliable and efficient. GWU offers all common laser crystals (Nd:YVO4, Nd:YAG, Yb:YAG etc.) with a broad variety of specifications. Besides the well-established materials, innovative crystals with outstanding properties like Yb:CALGO can open new horizons for demanding laser applications. No matter if individual pieces for R & D purposes are required or cost-efficient numbers in small, medium or large batches with in-time delivery for the production line are needed: GWU’s dedicated service helps to find the best core components for your application. GWU-Lasertechnik has more than 30 years of experience in distributing laser crystals. Choose GWU to benefit from our wide knowledge and in-field experience! See us at SPIE Photonics 2024 in San Francisco, January 30 – February 1 (booth 4205)! |
 34, Rue de la Croix de Fer 78100 Saint Germain-en-Laye France |  Exail (formerly iXblue) offers a wide range of specialty optical fibers for lasers and amplifiers. We master erbium, erbium/ytterbium, ytterbium, thulium, holmium, thulium/holmium, neodymium, dysprosium, and phosphorous gain media. PM version are available, and Large Mode Area (LMA) or Very Large Mode Area (VLMA) versions as well. Depending of the requirement, single clad fibers are available for core pumping, double clad fibers for clad pumping. Triple clad and all glass structures are also available. See us at SPIE Photonics 2024 in San Francisco, January 30 – February 1 (booth 5539)! |
 C506, #1 Building Pioneering Park for Overseas Chinese Scholars No. 69 Huayang Road Lixia District Jinan, Shandong China |  Laserton offers various types of laser crystals based on materials like Nd:YAG, Nd:YVO4, Yb:YAG and Cr4:YAG. Also, Laserton offers gain chips based on Er:Yb:glass, which is bonded to a Co:Mg:Al2O4 saturable absorber crystal for passive Q switching. These can be used to produce eye-safe lasers emitting at 1535 nm, pumped with a laser diode at 940 nm. |
 Your reliable partner for photonics innovations! Dvarcioniu St. 2B LT-10233 Vilnius Lithuania ISO 9001:2015 |  EKSMA Optics offers a variety of laser crystal materials like neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG), Yb-doped potassium gadolinium tungstate (Yb:KGW), Yb-doped potassium yttrium tungstate (Yb:KYW), Nd-doped potassium gadolinium tungstate (Nd:KGW) and titanium-doped sapphire (Ti:sapphire). See us at SPIE Photonics 2024 in San Francisco, January 30 – February 1 (booth 1527)! |
 Leader in fluoride glass and optical fiber technology Rue Gabriel Voisin Campus de Ker Lann 35170 Bruz, Brittany France |  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 offers the largest range of rare-earth doped fibers in the world. LVF active fibers are available as RE doped single-mode fibers and rare-earth-doped double cladding fibers. See us at SPIE Photonics 2024 in San Francisco, January 30 – February 1 (booth 2061)! |
 P.O. Box 24190 Hilton Head Island, SC 29925–4190 United States |  MegaWatt Lasers Inc. has a large inventory of Nd:YAG, Er:YAG and CTH:YAG laser rods. We also can assist in the design and modeling for various applications. See us at SPIE Photonics 2024 in San Francisco, January 30 – February 1 (booth 3609)! |
 Hangzhou Shalom Electro-optics Technology Co., Ltd. A635, Boke Mansion No. 9 Xiyuan Road Xihu District, Hangzhou 310030 China ISO 9001:2015 |  Shalom EO offers a variety of rare-earth-doped laser crystals, including crystals made of
and also diffusion-bonded crystals. Nd:YAG crystals and Nd:YVO4 crystals are ideal for 1064-nm lasers, while Nd:Ce:YAG, CTH:YAG and Er:YAG crystals are excellent for medical and cosmetic laser applications. Ti:sapphire crystals are ideal for ultrafast laser systems, and diffusion-bonded crystals are suitable for OEM compact laser systems. See us at SPIE Photonics 2024 in San Francisco, January 30 – February 1 (booth 2126)! |
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5100 Patrick Henry Drive Santa Clara, CA 95054 United States | |
Electro-Optics Technology, Inc. 3340 Parkland Ct. Traverse City, MI 49686 United States | www.eotech.com E-mail: |
2380 Qume Drive, Suite F San Jose, CA 95131 United States | www.gamdan.com E-mail: |
100 Marshland Road Hilton Head, SC 29926 United States | |
P.O. Box 24190 Hilton Head Island, SC 29925–4190 United States | MegaWatt Lasers Inc. has a large inventory of Nd:YAG, Er:YAG and CTH:YAG laser rods. We also can assist in the design and modeling for various applications. See us at SPIE Photonics 2024 in San Francisco, January 30 – February 1 (booth 3609)! |
Northrop Grumman - Cutting Edge Optronics 20 Point West Boulevard St. Charles, MO 63301 United States | www.ceolaser.com E-mail: |
7 Airport Park Road East Granby, CT 06026 United States | |
P. O. Box 2032 Mountain View, CA 94042 United States | |
31948 E. Frontage Rd. Bozeman, MT 59715 United States | www.scientificmaterials.com E-mail: |
7826 Photonics Drive New Port Richey, FL 34655 United States | |
| From America: | |
2700, Jean-Perrin, Suite 121 Quebec G2C 1S9 Canada | |
40–1110 Finch Avenue West Suite 1172 Toronto, ON M3J 2T2 Canada | |
5408 NE 88th Street Building E Vancouver, WA 98665 Canada | |
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Savanoriu Ave. 235 Vilnius 02300 Lithuania | 3photon.com E-mail: |
3rd Floor, Building No 18 Juyuanzhou Industrial Zone No 618, Jinshan Boulevard Fuzhou 350002 China | www.azurephotonics.com E-mail: |
19–505 (HuiHeng Bldg), No. 200 LaoHuTai Road Shanghai 200072 China | www.bbotech.com E-mail: |
20 Fuxing Street 350014 Fuzhou, Fujian China | www.casix.com E-mail: |
Building No. 9, Zone F 89 Ruanjian Avenue Fuzhou, Fujian 350003 China | |
Building No. 1, Road Wuyibei Gulou District, Fuzhou, Fujian 350001 China | www.coptronics.com E-mail: |
P.A. du Breuil 32 Rue Robert Schumann 54850 Messein France | |
Bldg. 2, No 2 Yangqi Branch Rd. Wanwushe Smart Industrial Park Fuzhou Fujian 350007 China | |
A1 Building, No. 1 Hengyuan Road Qixia District, Nanjing city China | www.crylink.com E-mail: |
Ostendstr. 25 – Haus 4 12459 Berlin Germany | www.crystal-gmbh.com E-mail: |
Electronic Information Industrial Park Xianshan East Road Chengyang District Qingdao, 266107 China | |
Rotebühlstr. 87 70178 Stuttgart Germany | www.dausinger-giesen.de E-mail: |
6 Yangqi Branch 8 Jinshan Fuwan Park, Fuzhou Fujian 350008 China | |
Your reliable partner for photonics innovations! Dvarcioniu St. 2B LT-10233 Vilnius Lithuania ISO 9001:2015 | EKSMA Optics offers a variety of laser crystal materials like neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG), Yb-doped potassium gadolinium tungstate (Yb:KGW), Yb-doped potassium yttrium tungstate (Yb:KYW), Nd-doped potassium gadolinium tungstate (Nd:KGW) and titanium-doped sapphire (Ti:sapphire). See us at SPIE Photonics 2024 in San Francisco, January 30 – February 1 (booth 1527)! |
Advanced Technology Innovation Centre Loughborough University Science and Enterprise Parks 5 Oakwood Drive Loughborough LE11 3QF United Kingdom | www.eluxi.co.uk E-mail: |
34, Rue de la Croix de Fer 78100 Saint Germain-en-Laye France | Exail (formerly iXblue) offers a wide range of specialty optical fibers for lasers and amplifiers. We master erbium, erbium/ytterbium, ytterbium, thulium, holmium, thulium/holmium, neodymium, dysprosium, and phosphorous gain media. PM version are available, and Large Mode Area (LMA) or Very Large Mode Area (VLMA) versions as well. Depending of the requirement, single clad fibers are available for core pumping, double clad fibers for clad pumping. Triple clad and all glass structures are also available. See us at SPIE Photonics 2024 in San Francisco, January 30 – February 1 (booth 5539)! |
Struthstr. 2 55743 Idar-Oberstein Germany | |
University Parkway Chilworth Science Park Southampton SO16 7QQ United Kingdom | www.fibercore.com E-mail: |
Marunouchi Nakadori Bldg. 2–3, Marunouchi 2-chome Chiyodaku, Tokyo 100–8322 Japan | |
Fuzhou Caston Optronics Co., Ltd. 71 Fuguang Road Fuzhou Fujian 350014 China | |
Building 20, Taijiang Park Juyuanzhou Industrial Park Cangshan District Fuzhou Fujian 350002 China | www.100optics.com E-mail: |
Change the Color of Light to Expand your Possibilities! GWU-Lasertechnik Vertriebsges. mbH Bonner Ring 9 50374 Erftstadt Germany ISO 9001 | Crystalline laser gain media are know as most reliable and efficient. GWU offers all common laser crystals (Nd:YVO4, Nd:YAG, Yb:YAG etc.) with a broad variety of specifications. Besides the well-established materials, innovative crystals with outstanding properties like Yb:CALGO can open new horizons for demanding laser applications. No matter if individual pieces for R & D purposes are required or cost-efficient numbers in small, medium or large batches with in-time delivery for the production line are needed: GWU’s dedicated service helps to find the best core components for your application. GWU-Lasertechnik has more than 30 years of experience in distributing laser crystals. Choose GWU to benefit from our wide knowledge and in-field experience! See us at SPIE Photonics 2024 in San Francisco, January 30 – February 1 (booth 4205)! |
HAM Kristall-Technologie Andreas Maier GmbH Stegwiesen 2 88477 Schwendi-Hörenhausen Germany | |
511 Hashita 9955256 Beit Shemesh Israel | www.ILPhotonics.com E-mail: |
Mendelstr. 11 48149 Münster Germany | www.impex-hightech.de E-mail: |
158 Haitong Road Shanghai 200001 China | |
Komlas Optische Komponenten und Lasersysteme GmbH Schwarzschildstrasse 12 12489 Berlin Germany | www.komlas.de E-mail: |
Add. No. 28, Wantang Road Xihu District, Hangzhou City, 310013 China | |
C506, #1 Building Pioneering Park for Overseas Chinese Scholars No. 69 Huayang Road Lixia District Jinan, Shandong China | Laserton offers various types of laser crystals based on materials like Nd:YAG, Nd:YVO4, Yb:YAG and Cr4:YAG. Also, Laserton offers gain chips based on Er:Yb:glass, which is bonded to a Co:Mg:Al2O4 saturable absorber crystal for passive Q switching. These can be used to produce eye-safe lasers emitting at 1535 nm, pumped with a laser diode at 940 nm. |
Leader in fluoride glass and optical fiber technology Rue Gabriel Voisin Campus de Ker Lann 35170 Bruz, Brittany France | 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 offers the largest range of rare-earth doped fibers in the world. LVF active fibers are available as RE doped single-mode fibers and rare-earth-doped double cladding fibers. See us at SPIE Photonics 2024 in San Francisco, January 30 – February 1 (booth 2061)! |
Venture Building 1 Kelvin Campus West of Scotland Science Park Maryhill Rd Glasgow, G20 0SP United Kingdom | |
Albert-Einstein-Str. 18 86899 Landsberg am Lech Germany | |
In den Niederwiesen 4a 76744 Wörth am Rhein Germany | www.nortus-optronic.com E-mail: |
Arnold-Sommerfeld-Ring 2 52499 Baesweiler Germany | photonicparts.com E-mail: |
Via Chiese 6 20126 – Milan Italy | |
Storgatan 90 851 70 Sundsvall Sweden | |
Roditi International Corporation Ltd. 156–158 Buckingham Palace Road London SW1W 9TR United Kingdom | www.roditi.com E-mail: |
Wiedner Hauptstraße 76 1040 Vienna Austria | |
Hangzhou Shalom Electro-optics Technology Co., Ltd. A635, Boke Mansion No. 9 Xiyuan Road Xihu District, Hangzhou 310030 China ISO 9001:2015 | Shalom EO offers a variety of rare-earth-doped laser crystals, including crystals made of
and also diffusion-bonded crystals. Nd:YAG crystals and Nd:YVO4 crystals are ideal for 1064-nm lasers, while Nd:Ce:YAG, CTH:YAG and Er:YAG crystals are excellent for medical and cosmetic laser applications. Ti:sapphire crystals are ideal for ultrafast laser systems, and diffusion-bonded crystals are suitable for OEM compact laser systems. See us at SPIE Photonics 2024 in San Francisco, January 30 – February 1 (booth 2126)! |
Nieder-Ramstädter-Str. 247 64285 Darmstadt Germany | www.topag.de E-mail: |
Vision Lasertechnik für Forschung und Industrie GmbH Lügensteinweg 27 30890 Göxe Germany | |
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