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Buying Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

Top-level product category: lasers and laser amplifiers

More general product categories: optical amplifiers

More specific product categories: tapered amplifiers

Related product category: semiconductor lasers

Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) amplify telecom signals at wavelengths like 1.3 μm or 1.55 μm, and are also used in signal processing applications, such as channel translation in Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) systems. Tapered amplifiers, a type of SOA, can deliver output powers of several watts, making them versatile tools in optical communications and signal enhancement.

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Aspects to Consider Before Buying

Some aspects to consider before buying semiconductor optical amplifiers: gain, wavelength range, output power, saturation power, noise figure, input and output coupling, pumping requirements, polarization sensitivity, thermal performance, integration options, environmental stability.

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Find Suppliers for Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

21 suppliers for semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA) are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 5 present their product descriptions. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.

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TOPTICA Photonics AG
Lochhamer Schlag 19
82166 Gräfelfing
Germany
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semiconductor optical amplifiers

TOPTICA offers tapered semiconductor optical amplifier systems and amplified laser systems with the widest spectral coverage and highest power: between 660 nm and 1495 nm with single mode emission and powers up to 4 W. Tunable, single frequency, narrow linewidth and convenient to control and operate.

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TOPTICA eagleyard
eagleyard Photonics GmbH
Rudower Chaussee 29
12489 Berlin
Germany
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semiconductor optical amplifiers

Tapered laser amplifiers combine the beam quality of a ridge waveguide laser with the high power known from broad area lasers. If you need high power and small spot size, this is the laser for you. eagleyard manufactures tapered lasers between 730 nm and 1083 nm with high brightness and the smallest divergence. Output powers from 500 mW to 2000 mW are available.

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Spectra Quest Lab, Inc.
408 Chiba-Univ. Inohana Inovation Plaza
1–8–15 Inohana Chuou-ku Chiba-shi
Chiba, 260–0856
Japan
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semiconductor optical amplifiers

Spectra Quest Lab offers 1-W class wide band semiconductor optical amplifiers in the 900-nm and 1-μm band. The SOAs are capable of efficient coupling to PM fiber. Unlike tapered amplifiers, its SOA has extremely low wavelength and LD current dependence of coupling efficiency to PM fiber, making it suitable for applications involving wavelength tuning of input light and LD modulation. In addition, its pulse current driver can easily generate nanosecond pulses.

Sacher Lasertechnik GmbH
Hedwig-Jahnow-Str. 12
35037 Marburg
Germany
semiconductor optical amplifiers

Sacher Lasertechnik has tapered amplifier diodes emitting between 730 nm and 1180 nm, with up to 3 W of output power and high gain. Free-space and fiber-pigtailed versions are available.

Aerodiode
Rue François Mitterrand
Institut d'Optique d'Aquitaine
33400 Talence
France
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semiconductor optical amplifiers

SHIPS TODAY : AeroDIODE offers various SOA (Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers) modules in a butterfly package covering the 750–1650 nm wavelength range. The SOAs have all high gain (in the 25–35 dB range) and high output power (in the 20–23 dB range). A special SOA-based high-speed intensity modulator and optical switch is also offered as a turn-key solution. Key features are high speed (down to 1 ns rise/fall time), high dynamic range (>48 dB), high extinction ratio (>50 dB) and an easy to use graphical user interface with multiple software libraries (LabVIEW, Python etc.). AeroDIODE also offers the SOA driver alone in either CW or pulsed configuration.

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Other Suppliers
Aeon Corporation
United States
Allwave Lasers Devices Inc.
China
Beijing Rofea Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
China
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ELUXI Ltd.
United Kingdom
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FS.COM Inc
United States
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HC Optical Science and Tech
China
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Innolume GmbH
Germany
InPhenix, Inc.
United States
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LD-PD Inc.
Singapore
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Newport Corporation
United States
Optilab, LLC
United States
Oriental-Laser (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.
China
QPhotonics, LLC
United States
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SemiNex High Power Laser Diodes
United States
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Hong Kong Xiang Shun Technology Co., Ltd
China
Superlum Diodes Ltd.
Ireland

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