Er Doped Fibers
Lasers & Amplifiers Fibers
Overview
Ideal for C and L Band amplifiers
The amplification of optical transmission signals is enabled through our high efficiency Erbium doped fibers. Our wide range of Erbium doped optical fibers allows for tailored optical amplifiers (EDFAs) performance based on your requirements.
iXblue’s Erbium Doped Fibers (EDF) products have been optimized to fulfill the exigency of high efficiency and low noise EDFAs in the C & L bands.
For hundreds watt operation, iXblue offers double clad Erbium fibers with 30 to 100 µm core diameter.
Custom versions, from single clad up to triple clad or even multicore Erbium doped fiber are also available.
Products
| Product | Specification | Datasheet | |
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| Non-PM types | |||
| IXF-EDF-FGC-980-L1 | C Band 4 dB/m absorption at 1530 nm |
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| IXF-EDF-FGC-980-L2 | C Band 5 dB/m absorption at 1530 nm |
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| IXF-EDF-FGC-980-L3 | C Band 6 dB/m absorption at 1530 nm |
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| IXF-EDF-FGC-1480 | C Band 8 dB/m absorption at 1530 nm |
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| IXF-EDF-FGL-L1 | C & L Band 22.5 dB/m absorption at 1530 nm |
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| IXF-EDF-FGL-L2 | C & L Band 27.5 dB/m absorption at 1530 nm |
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| IXF-EDF-FGL-L3 | C & L Band 35 dB/m absorption at 1530 nm |
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| IXF-EDF-FGL-80 | C & L Band 27.5 dB/m absorption at 1530 nm 80 µm cladding diameter |
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| IXF-EDF-SHD-L1 | Ase Source 12 dB/m absorption at 1530 nm |
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| IXF-EDF-SHD-L2 | Ase Source 16 dB/m absorption at 1530 nm |
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| IXF-EDF-HD | Highly Doped 75 dB/m absorption at 1530 nm |
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| PM types | |||
| IXF-EDF-FGC-980-PM | C Band 5.5 dB/m absorption at 1530 nm |
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| IXF-EDF-FGC-1480-PM | C Band 8 dB/m absorption at 1530 nm |
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| IXF-EDF-FGL-PM-L1 | C & L Band 18 dB/m absorption at 1530 nm |
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| IXF-EDF-FGL-PM-L2 | C & L Band 24 dB/m absorption at 1530 nm |
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| IXF-EDF-FGL-PM-L3 | C & L Band 30 dB/m absorption at 1530 nm |
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| IXF-EDF-HD-PM | Highly Doped 75 dB/m absorption at 1530 nm |
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| Erbium Rad Hard Fibers | |||
| IXF-RAD-AMP-1 | TRL 9 Rad Hard Space Grade |
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| IXF-RAD-AMP-1-PM | PM-type Rad Hard Space Grade |
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| IXF-RAD-AMP-2 | New generation Rad Hard Space Grade |
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| IXF-RAD-AMP-2-PM | PM-type Rad Hard Space Grade |
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| IXF-RAD-AMP-3 | State-of-the-art Rad Hard Space Grade |
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| Double Clad Fibers | |||
| IXF-2CF-ER-O-30-130-010 | 30 µm core diameter 130 µm clad diameter |
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Publications
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Radiation tolerant frequency comb fiber laser for space applications
ICSO – SEPTEMBER 2022
A radiation tolerant Erbium fiber based optical frequency comb has been developed and environmentally tested. The system remained operable after an accumulated dose of 1 kGy. The underlying femtosecond fiber oscillator and Erbium fiber amplifiers have been manufactured from speciality doped fibers. The fiber optic system has been assembled and packaged using low outgassing components in a flight representative package before it was irradiated under active operation in two stages a 500 kGy. The accelerated ageing with dose rates of 10 mGy/s in water was tested using the calibrated Cobalt 60 source of the ESA-ESTEC facilities. The comb laser remained fully functional while the oscillator lost up to 30% of output power after the full exposure to the accumulated dose of 1 kGy. The fiber amplifiers lost 5-7% of output power.
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