Fundamentals of Fiber Lasers and Fiber Amplifiers (Hardcover, 2, 2019)

Introduction.- Optical properties and optical spectroscopy of rare-earth ions in solids.- Electron-phonon coupling in solids.- Physical and optical properties of laser glass.- Mechanical and thermal properties of glass.- Fiber fabrication and high quality glasses for gain fibers.- Spectroscopic properties of and gain fibers.- Propagation of light and spatial modes in optical fibers.- Fiber laser physics fundamentals.- Main fiber laser operational regimes.- Main optical components for fiber lasers and fiber amplifiers design.- High power fiber lasers. Nonlinear frequency conversion.- Raman fiber lasers and amplifiers.- Fiber lasers’ industrial applications.