Reviewing the development of optical fibre lasers and amplifiers
over the past few years, this book is a compilation of chapters
written by several contributors. Chapter 1 presents an overview and
an historical introduction to the field. Chapter 2 is theoretical
and introduces the concepts of energy levels and of lasing. Chapter
3 then discusses the fabrication of rare-earth doped optical fibres
whilst chapter 4 covers the spectroscopy of rare-earth dopants in
these fibres. Chapter 5 emphasizes the practical aspects of the
laser amplifier. Chapter 6 moves on to the operation of erbium
amplifiers in optical systems and a comparison is made here with
other alternatives amplifying devices. Chapter 7 reviews work on
fibre laser oscillators made in silica fibre, while chapter 8
covers similar work using fluoride glass fibres, an alternative
glass host. Chapter 9 describes Q-switching and mode-locking in
fibre lasers, and finally chapter 10 examines future prospects for
these devices and discusses potential developments such as
distributed fibre amplifiers, soliton propagation and the general
use of fibre lasers in optical sensors.
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