Optical Fibre Lasers and AmplifiersP.W. France 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. |
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Perspective and overview | 1 |
J R ARMITAGE | 14 |
Population dynamics in optically pumped rareearth iondoped media | 28 |
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achieved applications B.J. Ainslie bandwidth beam cavity cladding co-doped coefficient concentration configuration coupler D.C. Hanna D.N. Payne decay rate device diode dispersion dopant Electron emission cross-sections energy levels equations Er³ erbium erbium-doped fibre excited-state absorption fibre core fibre lasers fibre length filter fluorescence fluoride fluoride fibre fluoride glasses frequency gain medium glass hosts host glass input inversion laser transition lasing Lett loss mode mode-locking modulation Nd³ Nd3+ neodymium nm pump noise non-linear non-radiative decay operation optical amplifiers optical fibre oscillator output power peak photons population population inversion power amplifier preform Proc propagation pulse pump laser pump power pump wavelength Q-switched quantum efficiency radiative Raman rare-earth ion-doped rare-earth ions refractive index result saturation semiconductor laser signal wavelength silica fibre single-mode slope efficiency soliton spectra spontaneous emission Stark levels Telecom temperature three-level threshold transmission up-conversion upper laser level ZBLAN