This book covers the fundamental aspects of fiber lasers and fiber amplifiers, and includes a wide range of material from laser physics fundamentals to state-of
The fiber laser, with its humble beginning in the late 1980s, has undergone tremendous development in the past decade or so, transforming itself from a research
Over the past two decades, the use of fiber lasers in engineering applications has gradually become established as an engineering discipline on its own. The dev
A discussion of the theories, operating characteristics, and current technology of main fiber laser and amplifier devices based on rare-earth-doped silica and f
A comprehensive account of the latest developments and applications in this rapidly developing field, covering a wide range of topics, such as power scaling and