Semiconductor Optical Amplifier
Tapered Amplifiers provide a coherent high-power beam, inheriting all properties of a seed source. It has been an essential optical component for quantum sciences, such as laser cooling and trapping, cold atom sensors, electromagnetically induced transparency, and quantum spectroscopy, which require relatively high power and a coherent light source. It also used in commercial laser modules like master oscillator power amplifier laser and external cavity laser. This device is only available with free space output, which contains partial multimode emissions.
Configuration options
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Part number: TAPA-786NN1313
Wavelength: 780nm · Output Power: 0.6W · Driver: Non · Housing: None · Input Fiber: PM780 · Fiber Buffer: 0.9mm Tube · Fiber Length: 1.0 m · Connector: FC/APC
Application context
Application guidance is tied to the configured wavelength, fiber interface and optical-budget fields for this family.
780nm Tapered Amplifier: Laboratory optical integration depends on preserving the optical budget through the complete path. The 780nm wavelength specification sets source and detector compatibility. The fiber/interface entry (PM780) must match the connected components.
780nm Tapered Amplifier: Fiber-optic instrumentation depends on preserving the optical budget through the complete path. The 780nm wavelength specification sets source and detector compatibility. The fiber/interface entry (PM780) must match the connected components.
System integration
Use these checks to connect 780nm Tapered Amplifier to the surrounding optical, mechanical and control system. Every value shown is taken from this model's own specification record.
Technical FAQ
Input Fiber: PM780 · Fiber Buffer: 0.9mm Tube. Specify connector polish and fiber architecture together. FC/PC, FC/APC and SMA interfaces, and single-mode, multimode and polarization-maintaining fibers, impose different return-loss, mode-field and alignment requirements.
Wavelength: 780nm. Check the Semiconductor Optical Amplifier passband, insertion loss, return loss and power handling at the actual source wavelength; a nominal telecom-band label is not a substitute for the configured range.
Driver: Non, Yes. Match supply voltage, analog or digital command range, connector pinout and default optical state to the instrument interlock. Confirm the unpowered state explicitly — it decides what happens to the link on a power failure.
Share your wavelength, fiber type, connector, power handling and control requirements and we will qualify the matching configuration and part number.
Model selection
Compare 780nm Tapered Amplifier with the closest available models in the Semiconductor Optical Amplifier family. Confirm option-dependent values on the final configuration before ordering.
| Selection parameter | 780nm Tapered Amplifier (current) | Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (SOA) 1080nm | Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (SOA) 1210nm |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wavelength range | 780nm | 1080nm | 1210nm |
| Optical performance | Confirm for this model | Confirm for this model | Confirm for this model |
| Fiber type | Confirm for this model | SM28, PM1550, PM1310 | HI1060, PM980 |
| Connector / control | Non, Yes | FC/APC | FC/APC |