Presented in an easy-to-use, comprehensive reference, Rare-Earth-Doped Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers, Second Edition discusses the essential principles, operating characteristics, and current technology of the main fiber laser and amplifier devices based on rare-earth-doped silica and fluorozirconate fibers.

Describes in detail the principles, designs, and properties of the erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) and its role as the cornerstone component in optical communication systems!

Covering all aspects of this revolutionary technology, Rare-Earth-Doped Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers, Second Edition

• reviews fiber fabrication methods and the basic spectroscopic properties of rare-earth ions in glasses
  
• concentrates on the most important fiber laser sources such as neodymium (Nd)- and erbium (Er)-doped fiber lasers operated as continuous wave, Q-switched, and mode-locked sources
  
• examines several advances in fiber amplifiers, in particular the erbium-doped (1.5 µm), thulium-doped (1.4 and 1.65 µm), and praseodymium-doped (1.3 µm) amplifiers, in both silica- and fluoride-based hosts
  
• analyzes new findings and improvements in single-frequency operation, frequency tunability, broadband fiber sources, and blue-green and far-infrared fiber lasers and more!
  

Illustrated with nearly 700 drawings, photographs, equations, and tables, and over 1200 up-dated literature references, Rare-Earth-Doped Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers, Second Edition makes a necessary and ideal addition to the resources of optical, electrical, electro-optical engineers; optical, laser, and applied physicists; and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.