Michel J. F. Digonnet (Edited by)

"Praise for the first edition. . . . . .unreservedly recommend[ed]. It is written by acknowledged experts in the field covering everything from basic physics to system applications. Each chapter can be read independently and in application to a postgraduate or final year undergraduate teaching course this is a bonus. There is something in the text for everyone including the expert. . ..thoroughly recommend that anyone with the slightest interest in fiber lasers or amplifiers have this book readily to hand. "---Contemporary Physics". . .sufficiently exhaustive to serve as a source of reference for experienced practitioners. . ..recommend this volume not only for personal use, but also to all libraries in universities and companies."---Optik"The book is suitable for beginners. . ..serve[s] as an excellent reference tool for experienced workers in the field."---Rare-earth Information Center (RIC)

• Rare earth doped fiber fabrication techniques and physical properties; rare earth doped glasses - optical properties; CW silica fiber lasers; visible fluoride fiber lasers; single-frequency fiber lasers; broadband fiber lasers; Q-switched fiber lasers; mode-locked fiber lasers; rare earth doped fluorozirconate fiber lasers in the infrared; erbium-doped fiber amplifiers - basic physics and characteristics; erbium-doped fiber amplifiers - recent advances; 1.3 micrometre fiber amplifiers.