Purchasing advisor for erbium-doped laser gain media with supplier directory and AI-based advice; glass, fibers, Er:YAG crystals, 1.5-μm emission (original) (raw)

Find all you need for professional sourcing of erbium-doped laser gain media: 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.

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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 erbium-doped laser gain media. 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 erbium-doped laser gain media. 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.

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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 Erbium-doped Laser Gain Media

34 suppliers for erbium-doped laser gain media are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 5 present their product descriptions and images. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.

Optogama(4Lasers)Mokslininku str. 6B08412 VilniusLithuaniaSee us at Photonics West 2026 in San Francisco, Jan. 20–22 (booth 1565)!

⚙ hardware Optogama offers a range of high-quality erbium-doped laser gain media, ideal for eye-safe applications around 1.5 µm. These materials are optimized for diode-pumped solid-state lasers used in telecommunications, LIDAR, rangefinding, and medical systems. We supply both phosphate and crystalline hosts co-doped with ytterbium to enhance pump efficiency and energy storage. Our crystals are precisely fabricated to deliver excellent thermal handling, optical homogeneity, and long operational lifetimes. Product-specific web page

Leader in fluoride glass and optical fiber technology Le Verre FluoréRue Gabriel VoisinCampus de Ker Lann35170 Bruz, BrittanyFranceSee us at Photonics West 2026 in San Francisco, Jan. 20–22 (booth 1860)!

⚙ hardware 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 erbium-doped fibers are available as single-mode fibers or double cladding fibers. LVF erbium doped fibers can be used for laser emission at visible wavelengths (470 nm, 540 nm), infrared wavelengths (1.55 µm) and mid-infrared wavelengths (2.94 µm, 3.5 µm). Product-specific web page

Exail (formerly iXblue)34, Rue de la Croix de Fer78100 Saint Germain-en-LayeFranceSee us at Photonics West 2026 in San Francisco, Jan. 20–22 (booth 5039)!

⚙ hardware The amplification of optical transmission signals is enabled through our high efficiency erbium-doped fibers (ideal for C and L band amplifiers). Our wide range of erbium-doped optical fibers allows for tailored optical amplifiers (EDFAs) performance based on your requirements. Exail’s erbium-doped fiber (EDF) products have been optimized to fulfill the exigency of high efficiency and low noise EDFAs in the C & L bands. They cover a wide range of applications, from telecom to LIDAR. Space radiation versions are available (TRL 9). Benefits & features: low noise figure flat gain shape high efficiency low splice loss highly consistent spectroscopic data 80 µm reduced cladding on request PM Panda structure Applications: 1.5-μm lasers and amplifiers, EDFAs, fiber lasers, small footprint fiber amplifiers. Product-specific web page

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