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Buying Rare-earth-doped Laser Gain Media

Top-level product category: materials

More general product categories: laser gain media

More specific product categories: dysprosium-doped laser gain media, erbium-doped laser gain media, erbium-ytterbium-doped laser gain media, holmium-doped laser gain media, neodymium-doped laser gain media, praseodymium-doped laser gain media, rare-earth-doped fibers, samarium-doped laser gain media, thulium-doped laser gain media, ytterbium-doped laser gain media

Rare-earth-doped laser gain media are used in fiber lasers and amplifiers. These media are glass fibers doped with ions like erbium, ytterbium, neodymium, or thulium, enabling efficient light amplification in various spectral regions.

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Find Suppliers for Rare-earth-doped Laser Gain Media

40 suppliers for rare-earth-doped laser gain media are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 6 present their product descriptions. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.

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EKSMA Optics, UAB
Dvarcioniu St. 2B
LT-10233 Vilnius
Lithuania
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rare-earth-doped laser gain media

EKSMA Optics offers rare-earth-doped laser crystals according to your specific requirements.

Exail (formerly iXblue)
34, Rue de la Croix de Fer
78100 Saint Germain-en-Laye
France
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rare-earth-doped laser gain media

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 versions 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.

Megawatt Lasers
P.O. Box 24190
Hilton Head Island, SC 29925–4190
United States
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rare-earth-doped laser gain media

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.

Innovation in every fiber

Fibercore Limited
University Parkway
Chilworth Science Park
Southampton SO16 7QQ
United Kingdom
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rare-earth-doped laser gain media

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.

Leader in fluoride glass and optical fiber technology

Le Verre Fluoré
Rue Gabriel Voisin
Campus de Ker Lann
35170 Bruz, Brittany
France
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rare-earth-doped laser gain media

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 rare-earth-doped single-mode fibers and rare-earth-doped double cladding fibers.

Hangzhou Shalom Electro-optics Technology Co., Ltd.
A635, Boke Mansion
No. 9 Xiyuan Road
Xihu District, Hangzhou 310030
China
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rare-earth-doped laser gain media

Hangzhou Shalom EO offers various rare-earth-doped laser crystals, including:

  • Nd:YAG
  • Nd:Ce:YAG
  • Nd:YVO4
  • CTH:YAG
  • Er:YAG
  • Yb:YAG
  • Ti:sapphire
  • diffusion-bonded crystals consisting of two, three, or more parts crystals with different doping compositions.

Nd:YAG and Nd:YVO4 are popular crystals for 1064-nm lasers, Nd:Ce:YAG, CTH:YAG, and Er:YAG crystals are often used in the medical and cosmetic lasers, Ti:sapphire is for ultrafast lasers, alexandrite is for long-pulsed and picosecond 755-nm lasers, diffusion-bonded crystals are useful for OEM compact lasers. We ensure an extensive selection of specifications and consistent quality in every production stage from crystal growth, processing, and polishing to coating.

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Other Suppliers
AZURE Photonics Co., Ltd.
China
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Bluebean Optical Tech Ltd.
China
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CASIX Inc.
China
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CASTECH
China
Coherent Corp.
United States
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CorActive High-Tech Inc.
Canada
Core Optronics Co., Ltd
China
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Crystal GmbH
Germany
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Crystech Inc.
China
CYBEL, LLC
United States
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Dausinger & Giesen GmbH
Germany
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ELUXI Ltd.
United Kingdom
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Furukawa Electric
Japan
Fuzhou Caston Optronics Co., Ltd.
China
GAMDAN Optics Inc.
United States
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HAM Präzision - Hartmetallwerkzeugfabrik Andreas Maier GmbH
Germany
IL Photonics
Israel
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Impex High Tech
Germany
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JG International
China
Mountain Photonics GmbH
Germany
Newlight Photonics Inc.
Canada
nLight Photonics Corporation
Canada
Northrop Grumman - Cutting Edge Optronics
United States
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nortus Optronic GmbH
Germany
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PHOTONICPARTS
Germany
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Prysmian Group
Italy
Raybium AB
Sweden
Roditi International Corporation Ltd.
United Kingdom
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Roithner LaserTechnik
Austria
Schott AG
Germany
Scientific Materials Corp.
United States
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Sintec Optronics Pte Ltd (HQ)
Singapore
Vision Lasertechnik für Forschung und Industrie GmbH
Germany
Hangzhou Yong Hee Photonics Co., Ltd.
China

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