Please note that the following models are being discontinued: F-CP1100, F-CP1500Y. Upon depletion of the remaining stock, they will no longer be available.
Newport now offers an extensive line of rare earth doped optical fibers for various fiber optic amplification and fiber laser applications, in addition to traditional telecommunication C & L band signal regeneration. Newly added specialty optical fibers include four models of erbium doped optical fibers ideal for EDFAs (erbium doped fiber amplifiers), ytterbium-doped double-cladding optical fibers and their matching fiber optics for an optimal fiber laser setup, neodymium doped fibers, and erbium-ytterbium co-doped fibers from world leading manufacturers such as Corning and FiberCore. Also available from Newport are a variety of photosensitive optical fibers (see Photosensitive Fiber for Fiber Gratings) to fabricate fiber gratings that can be used as fiber laser cavities or fiber optic filters.
Contact a Newport Applications Engineer for available custom options.
The following volume discount schedule is automatically applied when ordering bare optical fiber: 6 - 50 m with 15 %, 51- 1,000 m with 22 %, > 1,000 m with 25 %. Discount only applicable towards continuous length of fiber.
F-EDF and EDF-Tx Erbium Doped Fibers
F-EDF erbium doped fibers provide the basic building block to fiber optic amplifiers used in broadband optical networks and CATV applications in the 1550nm fiber optic transmission window. These erbium doped fibers deliver gain efficiencies in excess of 3.5 dB/mW when pumped with a 980nm laser diode. Newly introduced are F-EDF-2 (replaces EDF-T6) that has a flat gain profile and F-EDF-5, suitable for metro EDFA applications.
The EDF-T3 C-band erbium doped fiber provides low splice loss, high strength enhanced overlap integrals and pumping at 980nm and 1480 nm. The EDF-T6 is optimized for use in L-Band EDFAs and provides high erbium peak absorption levels and low background loss. The EDF-Tx family features low background loss and excellent uniformity.
Fibercore Ytterbium-Doped Double-Clad Fibers and Matching Fibers for Advanced Fiber Laser Applications
F-CP1100 Ytterbium doped, cladding-pump laser fiber employs Fibercore's quasi polygonal, sinusoidal fabrication technology. The unique construction of the F-CP1100 provides greatly improved reliability and power handling capabilities. Also, to enable you to utilize this fiber to its full potential, Newport offers Fibercore's F-SMM900 dual clad fiber. The NA of the F-SMM900 multimode core is matched to that of F-CP1100 and the singlemode NA is 0.19 which also matches the doped core of F-CP1100. The F-SMM900 is ideal for manufacturing WDM (wavelength division multiplexing) devices or combiners for pump and signal combination in high power, cladding-pump lasers and amplifiers.
Ytterbium-Doped Double-Clad Fibers
F-YDC-1100-8/230 ytterbium doped double clad fiber provides high slope efficiency, high-adhesion low index polymer outer cladding and superior humidity performance. These are ideal for use in moderate power fibers lasers, such as those typically used in laser marking applications.
Corning Ytterbium-Doped Double-Clad Fibers
The F-YDC-1100-C double cladding Ytterbium doped single mode fiber is manufactured with Corning's outside vapor deposition process which offers superb consistency. They also have all glass cladding, high reliability, low background loss, high slope efficiency and high numerical aperture.
Erbium-Ytterbium Co-doped Fiber
The key features of the F-DF1500Y Erbium-Ytterbium Co-doped optical fiber are an exceptionally high ytterbium concentration and its patented, phosphorous-doped core. The ytterbium level creates a very broad and intense pump-band-enabling the use of a wide range of high power pump sources. The phosphate host-glass of the core facilitates efficient energy transfer from the ytterbium ions to the erbium ions to produce the desired output within the 1550nm window.
Neodymium Doped Fiber
Model F-DF1000 Singlemode Neodymium Doped Fiber is the ideal fiber for an introduction to fiber laser technology. It offers a very low lasing threshold with output wavelength depending on configuration but typically in the region of 1080 nm to 1100 nm. Low-cost 780 nm to 820 nm laser diodes can be used as the pump source to build a fiber laser.
Erbium Doped C & L Band Fiber Specifications
|
Model |
Cut-off Wavelength
(nm) |
Mode Field Diameter (@ 1550 nm) |
NA |
Background Loss @ 1200nm |
Peak Absorption near 1530 nm |
Cladding Diameter
(µm) |
Coating Diameter
(µm) |
Proof Test Level |
Coating material |
Man. P/N |
| F-EDF
* |
900-970 |
5.9 µm (@1550nm, nominal) |
0.22-0.24 |
≤ 10 dB/km |
5.4 - 7.1 dB/m |
125 ±1 |
245 ±12 |
≥ 200 kpsi |
Dual Acylate |
M-5(980/125) |
| F-EDF-2
|
870-970 |
4.9 - 6.3 µm |
0.21-0.24 |
≤ 7 dB/km |
5.0 - 7.0 dB/m |
125 ±1 |
245 ±12 |
≥ 200 kpsi |
Dual Acylate |
EDF-T9 |
| F-EDF-5
|
870-970 |
4.9 -6.5 µm |
0.21-0.23 |
< 7 dB/km |
5.0 - 8.0 dB/m |
125 ±1 |
245 ±12 |
≥ 200 kpsi |
Dual Acylate |
EDF-T3 |
| F-EDF-T3
|
1100-1250 |
4.9 -6.5 µm |
0.21-0.25 |
< 7 dB/km |
5.0 - 8.0 dB/m |
125 ±1 |
245 ±10 |
≥ 200 kpsi |
UV-cured Dual Acrylate |
EDF-T3 |
| F-EDF-T6
|
1100-1400 |
4.7 - 5.7 µm |
0.23-0.27 |
< 10 dB/km |
15 - 20 dB/m |
125 ±1 |
245 ±10 |
≥ 200 kpsi |
UV-cured Dual Acrylate |
EDF-T6 |
* F-EDF Absorption at Pump Wavelength is 4.5-5.5 dB/m @ 980 nm
Ytterbium-Doped Double-Clad Fiber Specifications
|
Model |
Operating Wavelength
(nm) |
Cut-off Wavelength
(nm) |
Effective Cladding Absorption |
Core NA |
Cladding NA |
Mode Field Diameter (@ 1100nm) |
Cladding Diameter
(µm) |
Coating Diameter
(µm) |
Coating material |
Man. P/N |
| F-YDC-1100-C
|
1060-1100 |
< 960 |
0.50 ± 0.1 dB/m (@ 976 nm) |
0.06-0.08 |
0.32 ± 0.05 |
|
270 ±25 |
400 ±30 |
Dual Layer-Silicone/Acrylate |
YDC-1100-C |
| F-YDC-1100-8/230
|
1060-1110 |
< 1100 |
0.25 ± 0.1 dB/m (@ 915 nm) |
0.1 |
0.48 (nominal) |
8.5 ± 0.5 nm |
235 ±5 |
350 ±15 |
UV-cured Acrylate |
YDC-1100-8/230 |
| F-CP1100
* |
1075-1100 |
900 |
|
0.12-0.16 |
0.23 ± 0.01 |
4 µm - 7.5 µm (nominal) |
125 ±1 |
245 ±12 (nominal) |
Dual Layer Acrylate |
CP1100 |
*F-CP1100 Pump Guide NA is 0.24 - 0.28
Pump Delivery Fiber Specifications
|
Model |
Cut-off Wavelength
(nm) |
Attenuation @ 1100 nm (nominal) |
Pump Guide Diameter |
Pump NA |
Core NA |
Background Loss |
Cladding Diameter
(µm) |
Coating Diameter
(µm) |
Coating material |
Man. P/N |
| F-SMM900
|
850-970 |
|
100 - 104 |
0.24-0.28 |
0.18 - 0.20 |
< 5 dB/km |
125 ±1 |
245 ±10 |
Dual Layer Acrylate |
SMM900 |
Fibercore's Erbium-Ytterbium Co-Doped Fiber Specifications
|
Model |
Cut-off Wavelength
(nm) |
Mode Field Diameter (@ 1550 nm) |
NA |
Absorption at 1047nm |
Background Loss |
Proof Test Level |
Cladding Diameter
(µm) |
Coating Diameter
(µm) |
Coating material |
| F-DF1500Y
|
950-1050 |
5.9 µm (nominal) |
0.20-0.24 |
8 -12 dB/m |
<200 dB/km |
100 kpsi |
125 ±1 |
245 ±12 |
Dual Acrylate |
| F-CP1500Y
|
1400 |
5.9 µm (nominal) |
|
8 -12 dB/m |
<200 dB/km |
100 kpsi |
125 ±1 |
245 ±10 |
|
Fibercore's Neodymium Doped Laser Fiber Specifications
|
Model |
Design Wavelength |
Cut-off Wavelength
(nm) |
Mode Field Diameter, Nominal
(µm) |
NA |
Typical Absorption |
Fiber Diameter
(µm) |
Core Concentricity (µm) |
Coating Diameter
(µm) |
Proof Test Level |
Man. P/N |
| F-DF1000
|
1085 nm |
875-1025 |
4.5 |
0.18-0.22 |
4.5 dB/m @ 780 nm
8.5 dB/m @ 810 nm
3.5 dB/m @ 830 nm |
125 ±1 |
≤0.5 |
245 µm ±5 % |
1% (100 kpsi) |
DF1000 |
