Rare-Earth-Doped Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers, Revised and Expanded

Rare-Earth-Doped Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers, Second Edition discusses the essential principles, operating characteristics, and current technology of the main fiber laser and amplifier devices based on rare-earth-doped silica and fluorozirconate fibers. Covering all aspects of this revolutionary technology, the book reviews fiber fabrication methods and the basic spectroscopic properties of rare-earth ions in glasses, concentrates on the most important fiber laser sources, examines several advances in fiber amplifiers, and analyzes new findings and improvements in single-frequency operation, frequency tenability, broadband fiber sources, and blue-green and far-infrared fiber lasers.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824704584
• ISBN13: 9780824704582
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 798 Pages
• Weight: 3.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.3" x 10.1"