Buying Optical Amplifiers
Optical amplifiers are devices for amplifying light beams in free space or as guided waves, the latter mostly in fibers. They can be based on the laser principle or on nonlinear processes. These devices are essential in many optical communication and laser applications.
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Suppliers for Optical Amplifiers
71 suppliers for optical amplifiers are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 10 present their product descriptions. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.
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![]() P.O. Box 24190 Hilton Head Island, SC 29925–4190 United States See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth A2.104) and CLEO 2025 in Long Beach (CA), USA, May 4–9 (Kiosk 17)! | ![]() MegaWatt Lasers Inc. specializes in producing flash lamp pumped solid-state lasers and pump cavities, which can also be used for amplifiers. Our pump cavities employ the highest reflectivity diffuse reflectors in the industry. We specialize in alexandrite, Nd:YAG, Er:YAG and CTH:YAG gain media. We can provide a wide array of standard laser heads, and can assist in the design of a custom devices for specialized applications. Product-specific web page |
![]() 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 | ![]() Serving North America, RPMC Lasers offers optical amplifiers boosting power up to 100 W while retaining your laser’s pulse width, beam divergence, and spectral width. Options include DPSS (1 µm), fiber (1–2 µm), SOA (1.3 & 1.5 µm), and OPA (210 nm – 10 µm, tunable). Customizable for free-space or fiber-based systems, they deliver configurable power, gain, and pulse options—CW or pulsed down to femtoseconds—in OEM to turnkey formats for seamless integration or lab use. Built for reliability, these robust amplifiers excel in harsh industrial and aerospace conditions, scaling from research to high-precision needs like spectroscopy and LIDAR with proven durability and performance. Let RPMC help you find the right optical amplifier today! Product-specific web page |
![]() The specialist in laser technologies Lumibird – Quantel, Keopsys, Convergent, Continuum brands2 rue Paul Sabatier 22300 Lannion France See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth A2.341)! | ![]() Lumibird manufactures an extensive range of mature and custom-designed optical fiber amplifiers. Our CW models are used for atom cooling, free space communication or optical remote sensing etc., while our pulsed models are used for applications such as high peak power generation or wind sensing LiDAR. Lumibird also manufactures diode-pumped solid-state laser heads used as optical amplifiers. Product-specific web page |
![]() Specialist in Special Optical Devices CSRayzer Optical Technology Co., Ltd1F, 2F, 6F, No. 5 Bldg, 88# Hongshan District Wuhan 430074 China See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth A3.426)! | ![]() CSRayzer provides several kinds of EDFAs, including multi-channels erbium-doped optical amplifiers, pulsed EDFAs, polarization-maintaining EDFA, with AGC/APC/ACC operation mode. They have a low noise figure and power consumption, high stability and reliability, and can be customized. Product-specific web page |
![]() THINKING BEYOND Eagleyard Photonics GmbHRudower Chaussee 29 12489 Berlin Germany See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B2.417)! | ![]() TOPTICA EAGLEYARD offers a variety of tapered amplifiers in different package type. The miniTA is one of the newst innovations. The miniTA has a fiber-coupled input and collimated output beam and is available in an optimized butterfly package with 14 thicker pins. This hermetically sealed housing is particularly advantageous in industrial applications, as the thicker pins guarantee an ideal supply of power. Furthermore, the forming of the beam, as well as thermal management, are also integrated. Users can enjoy the easy plug-and-play aspect of the fiber plug of the seed laser. Product-specific web page |
![]() Leader in fluoride glass and optical fiber technology Le Verre FluoréRue 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, one of which is amplification. For example, LVF praseodymium and thulium doped fibers are used for amplification at 1.3 µm and 1.47 µm respectively. LVF doped fibers for amplification are available as single-mode fiber or double cladding fiber. Le Verre Fluoré will soon offer laser and amplifier fiber modules. The required fiber will be integrated in a robust housing and connectorized with FC/PC, FC/APC, SMA or custom connectors depending on customer need: this is a plug-and-play module. Depending on specific needs, modules might include single-mode or multimode splices between fluoride fibers or between silica and fluoride fibers. Product-specific web page |
![]() Helping our customers reach their research @ commercial goals for over 45 years MPB CommunicationsHead Office 147 Hymus Boulevard Montreal, Quebec H9R 1E9 Canada | ![]() Drawing from a rich heritage in fiber optic technologies, MPBC has established itself as a leading provider of optical amplification solutions including:
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![]() all wavelengths. TOPTICA Photonics AGLochhamer Schlag 19 82166 Gräfelfing Germany See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B2.103) and CLEO 2025 in Long Beach (CA), USA, May 4–9 (booth 217)! | ![]() For a variety of applications the output power of single-mode laser diodes is not sufficient. Here TOPTICA offers tapered amplifiers in Master Oscillator Power Amplifier (MOPA) configuration as well as stand-alone amplifier systems. Tapered amplifiers feature high powers up to 3.5 W with excellent beam quality and without compromising the favorable spectral qualities of their master lasers. MOPA systems feature TOPTICA's low noise and narrow linewidth master lasers and offer convenient and safe operation with DLC pro. Product-specific web page |
![]() 43 Sparta Avenue Newton, NJ 07860 United States 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)! | ![]() Thorlabs manufactures erbium (Er)-, ytterbium (Yb)-, and praseodymium (Pr)-doped fiber amplifiers for applications from ultrafast pulse amplification to datacom. Along with these stand-alone benchtop amplifiers, optical amplifiers available in pigtailed butterfly packages include InP/InGaAsP or GaAs/InGaAs semiconductor optical amplifiers (BOAs or SOAs). Thorlabs has also developed a family of femtosecond lasers utilizing oscillator-amplifier architectures. Product-specific web page |
![]() Innovative and Reliable AdValue Photonics2700 E. Bilby Rd. Tucson, AZ 85706 United States See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth A2.112) and CLEO 2025 in Long Beach (CA), USA, May 4–9 (booth 118)! | ![]() AdValue Photonics offers fiber amplifiers for wavelength around 1 μm, 1.5 μm or 2 μm. They are suitable for pulsed or continuous-operation, narrow linewidth or broadband light. For the 1-μm region, we have compact and yet powerful large mode area fiber amplifier modules, which can deliver more than 120 W average output power. Product-specific web page |
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Other Suppliers
Aeon Corporation United States |
Agiltron Inc. United States |
Alnair Labs Japan |
ALPhANOV France |
Amonics Ltd. Hong Kong |
APEX Technologies France |
Azurlight Systems France |
BaySpec Inc. United States |
Beijing Rofea Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. China |
Calmar Laser United States |
Canlas Laser Processing GmbH Germany |
Coherent Corp. United States |
Crystech Inc. China |
CYBEL, LLC United States |
Dausinger & Giesen GmbH Germany |
Dyneos AG Switzerland |
EDGE Optical Solutions Latvia |
ELUXI Ltd. United Kingdom |
EMCORE Corporation United States |
FiberBridge Photonics GmbH Germany |
FS.COM Inc United States |
Furukawa Electric Japan |
GLsun Science And Tech Co., Ltd China |
GMP SA, Büro Zürich Switzerland |
HAM Präzision - Hartmetallwerkzeugfabrik Andreas Maier GmbH Germany |
Heyoptics, Co. Ltd. Hong Kong |
HibriLaser United States |
Innolume GmbH Germany |
InPhenix, Inc. United States |
JGM Associates, Inc. United States |
Kapteyn-Murnane Laboratories Inc. United States |
Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. Germany |
Lastek Pty Ltd Australia |
Lightcomm Technology Co., Ltd. China |
Lumentum Operations LLC United States |
Mitsubishi Cable Industries Japan |
molex LLC United States |
Mountain Photonics GmbH Germany |
MWTechnologies, Lda. Portugal |
Nano-Giga France |
neoLASE GmbH Germany |
Northrop Grumman - Cutting Edge Optronics United States |
Nuphoton Technologies United States |
Optilab, LLC United States |
Optiwave Photonics Limited India |
Opto-Link Hong Kong |
PacketLight Networks, Ltd. Israel |
PHOTONICPARTS Germany |
Photonwares Co. United States |
Polytec GmbH Germany |
Power Technology Inc. United States |
Pritel United States |
QPhotonics, LLC United States |
SIMTRUM Pte. Ltd. Singapore |
Sirah Lasertechnik GmbH Germany |
Soliton Laser- und Messtechnik GmbH Germany |
Spectra-Physics Lasers United States |
Superlum Diodes Ltd. Ireland |
TRUMPF Scientific Lasers GmbH + Co. KG Germany |
UpTek Solutions Corp. United States |
VOSCOM Technologies Co. Ltd. China |