Purchasing advisor for dispersion compensation with supplier directory and AI-based advice; DCM, DCU, fiber-optic links, chromatic dispersion (original) (raw)

Find all you need for professional sourcing of dispersion compensation: a comprehensive expert-curated directory of suppliers, scientific and technical background information, and an interactive AI-based tool with guidance for a structured decision process.

NEW: Not only hardware can be listed here, but also consulting, software, training on dispersion compensation, etc. – see the "offer types" below.

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Purchasing high-value photonics products is a substantial responsibility. Using a structured decision-making process and high quality supplier data helps a lot:

• Find all relevant suppliers (not limited to advertisers).
• Our interactive tool conveniently assists you in defining and applying your application-specific requirements.

Note that purchasing decisions based on just a few randomly picked suppliers and without carefully defined specifications are risky; therefore, we strongly recommend using our data and tool. See also:

• How Responsible Purchase Decisions for Expensive Goods Like Lasers Are Done
• Explanations on this purchasing tool

Go through the process:

1. Understand the technical background

2. Define your requirements

It is essential to fully understand and clearly define your requirements before you purchase.

We recommend that you develop a list of clear specifications according to your specific needs, against which you can later check the suitability of found product offers:

To help you, we have already listed some aspects we recommend you consider when buying dispersion compensation. Of course, there may be other aspects that are relevant to your specific case.

This list is for your own preparation, and can later (possibly in modified form) be used for quotation requests to suppliers.

I think that I am sufficiently informed about our requirements.

Otherwise, you will need to talk to your technical colleagues.

I consider the above list of specifications to be sufficiently complete, clear and accurate.

If you cannot sufficiently clarify your requirements, you may want to get technical consultancy from RP Photonics.

Insert these criteria when creating inquiry mails to suppliers with the buttons "Get quotation".

You find these buttons in the supplier list below or under "3. Find suitable suppliers".

3. Find suitable suppliers

We suggest three steps:

• Below, you can find our list of suppliers for dispersion compensation. Use the checkboxes to mark possibly suitable suppliers.
• The selected suppliers will appear below this list, along with your list of specifications. You can then indicate which specifications they meet according to your research. (You should finalize your specifications before doing this.)
• Based on the results, you can finally choose a supplier that is hopefully a good enough fit.

Selected suppliers:

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Decision

The most suitable supplier you found:

Comments, e.g. reasons for your choice, or things which still need to be checked:

4. Document the decision process

It is essential to document your purchasing process, not only its result (chosen supplier):

• You will find it easier next time.
• If something goes wrong, you can defend your decision by showing that you properly considered all important aspects. Or you see what needs to be done better next time.

Our interactive tool makes it easy: Fill out the form, and in the end print it to a PDF. Note that the document will show all sections (including those not currently shown on the screen), while omitting some irrelevant details such as the page navigation.

Suppliers for Dispersion Compensation

21 suppliers for dispersion compensation (DCM) are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which three present their product descriptions and images. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.

Thorlabs43 Sparta AvenueNewton, NJ 07860United StatesSee us at BiOS 2026 in San Francisco, January 17 – 18 (booth 8419) and Photonics West 2026 in San Francisco, Jan. 20–22 (booth 627, 827)!

⚙ hardware Thorlabs manufactures a suite of options for dispersion management, including a pre-compensation module, dispersion compensating fiber, chirped mirrors, and low GDD optics. For ultrafast applications where dispersion must be well known and managed, Thorlabs’ portfolio includes a robust benchtop white light interferometer for characterizing reflective and transmissive dispersive properties of optics and coatings. By utilizing two different detectors, the Chromatis™ dispersion measurement system covers a broad spectral range from 500 — 1650 nm, enabling characterization of optics used for common femtosecond systems, including Ti:sapphire systems as well as 1 µm and 1550 nm oscillators. The Chromatis complements our ultrafast family of lasers, amplifiers, and specialized optics including nonlinear crystals, chirped mirrors, low GDD mirrors/beamsplitters, and dispersion compensating fiber. Product-specific web page

APE Angewandte Physik und Elektronik GmbHPlauener Straße 163–165 / Haus N13053 BerlinGermanySee us at BiOS 2026 in San Francisco, January 17 – 18 (booth 8359) and Photonics West 2026 in San Francisco, Jan. 20–22 (booth 3357)!

⚙ hardware The APE femtoControl is a compact motorized dispersion compensation unit for optimization of the duration of femtosecond laser pulses in the spectral range of Ti:sapphire lasers. femtoControl compensates for material dispersion by applying the inverse amount of dispersion to the pulse. This is generated by a pair of prisms on motorized translation stages allowing continuous adjustment of the pulse length. For example, femtoControl can help to achieve more crisp and clearer microscope images especially for multi-photon microscopy. Product-specific web page

O/E Land Inc.7639 CordnerLasalle, Quebec H8N 2X2CanadaSee us at Photonics West 2026 in San Francisco, Jan. 20–22 (booth 3204)!	⚙ hardware O/E Land's OEDCG-100 is a dispersion compensating module based on fiber Bragg gratings. It features a compact size, small insertion loss and customized dispersion slope. Our unique fiber grating apodization technology enables us to fabricate dispersion compensation grating filters with high isolation, low side lobes and low ripples. Product-specific web page

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