Core Insights - Coherent Corp. has launched the first single-mode, polarization-maintaining erbium-ytterbium co-doped optical fiber for high-power applications, achieving over 20 W average power capabilities [1][3]. Product Innovation - The new optical fiber merges high-power performance with superior beam quality, featuring a lightweight design with a 130 µm geometry enabled by proprietary manufacturing technology [2]. - This innovation is particularly suited for quantum computing and coherent LiDAR research, enhancing the power scalability of existing single-frequency amplifier systems [3]. Product Availability - Coherent offers a range of customized erbium-ytterbium co-doped fibers with various compositions and numerical apertures, including the PM-EYDF-10P/130-XPH and matching passive optical fiber products, which are available immediately [4].
Coherent Announces Industry-First Specialty Optical Fiber for Coherent LiDAR & Cold Atom Trapping for Quantum Computing