Fiber Laser

ExLi4EvA., 2016. – 415 p. – ISBN: 9535146157.This book describes the rapidly developing field of fiber laser technology filling the very important role of providing students, researchers, and technology managers with valuable, timely, and unbiased information on the subject. The objective of this book is to highlight recent progress and trends in fiber laser technology covering a wide range of topics, such as self-pulsing phenomena in high-power continuous wave (CW) Yb-doped fiber lasers, Q-switched fiber laser, mode-locked fiber laser using carbon nanotubes (CNT), properties of double-scale pulses in mode-locked fiber laser, Brillouin fiber laser, dual-wave length fiber laser (DWFL) for microwave (MHz) and terahertz (THz) radiation generation, tunable fiber laser based on twin core optical fiber, reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA)-based fiber laser, dissipative soliton phenomena in fiber lasers, noiselike pulses (NLPs) in Yb-doped fiber laser, ultra fast fiber laser, numerical simulation in Q-switched and mode-locked fiber laser, gain saturation in optical fiber laser amplifiers, heat generation and removal in fiber lasers, and different fiber laser based technologies for material processing. This book will be useful for students, researchers, and professionals, who work with fiber lasers. The book will serve as an interesting and valuable reference that will impact, stimulate, and promote further advances in the area of fiber lasers **Contents**Self-pulsing Dynamics in Yb-doped Fiber Lasers Active Q-switched Fiber Lasers with Single and Dualwavelength Operation Passive Q-switched and Mode-locked Fiber Lasers Using Carbon-based Saturable Absorbers Double-scale Pulses Generated by Mode-locked Fibre Lasers and Their Applications Passively Stabilized Doubly-Resonant Brillouin Fiber Lasers Dual-Wavelength Fiber Lasers for the Optical Generation of Microwave and Terahertz Radiation Tunable Single-, Dual- and Multi-wavelength Fibre Lasers by Using Twin Core Fibre-based Filters Utilization of Reflective Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (RSOA) for Multiwavelength and Wavelength-Tunable Fiber Lasers Dissipative Solitons in Fibre Lasers Fiber-laser-generated Noise-like Pulses and Their Applications 45°-Tilted Fiber Gratings and Their Application in Ultrafast Fiber Lasers Numerical Simulation of Fiber Laser Operated in Passively QSwitched and Mode-Locked Regimes Gain Saturation in Optical Fiber Laser Amplifiers Heat Generation and Removal in Fiber Lasers Computational Dynamics of Anti-Corrosion Performance of Laser Alloyed Metallic Materials Laser Surface Modification — A Focus on the Wear Degradation of Titanium Alloy Laser Engineering Net Shaping Method in the Area of Development of Functionally Graded Materials (FGMs) for Aero Engine Applications - A Review Fiber Lasers in Material Processing ExLi4EvA., 2016. – 415 p. – ISBN: 9535146157. This book describes the rapidly developing field of fiber laser technology filling the very important role of providing students, researchers, and technology managers with valuable, timely, and unbiased information on the subject. The objective of this book is to highlight recent progress and trends in fiber laser technology covering a wide range of topics, such as self-pulsing phenomena in high-power continuous wave (CW) Yb-doped fiber lasers, Q-switched fiber laser, mode-locked fiber laser using carbon nanotubes (CNT), properties of double-scale pulses in mode-locked fiber laser, Brillouin fiber laser, dual-wave length fiber laser (DWFL) for microwave (MHz) and terahertz (THz) radiation generation, tunable fiber laser based on twin core optical fiber, reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA)-based fiber laser, dissipative soliton phenomena in fiber lasers, noiselike pulses (NLPs) in Yb-doped fiber laser, ultra fast fiber laser, numerical simulation in Q-switched and mode-locked fiber laser, gain saturation in optical fiber laser amplifiers, heat generation and removal in fiber lasers, and different fiber laser based technologies for material processing. This book will be useful for students, researchers, and professionals, who work with fiber lasers. The book will serve as an interesting and valuable reference that will impact, stimulate, and promote further advances in the area of fiber lasers Contents Self-pulsing Dynamics in Yb-doped Fiber Lasers Active Q-switched Fiber Lasers with Single and Dualwavelength Operation Passive Q-switched and Mode-locked Fiber Lasers Using Carbon-based Saturable Absorbers Double-scale Pulses Generated by Mode-locked Fibre Lasers and Their Applications Passively Stabilized Doubly-Resonant Brillouin Fiber Lasers Dual-Wavelength Fiber Lasers for the Optical Generation of Microwave and Terahertz Radiation Tunable Single-, Dual- and Multi-wavelength Fibre Lasers by Using Twin Core Fibre-based Filters Utilization of Reflective Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (RSOA) for Multiwavelength and Wavelength-Tunable Fiber Lasers Dissipative Solitons in Fibre Lasers Fiber-laser-generated Noise-like Pulses and Their Applications 45°-Tilted Fiber Gratings and Their Application in Ultrafast Fiber Lasers Numerical Simulation of Fiber Laser Operated in Passively QSwitched and Mode-Locked Regimes Gain Saturation in Optical Fiber Laser Amplifiers Heat Generation and Removal in Fiber Lasers Computational Dynamics of Anti-Corrosion Performance of Laser Alloyed Metallic Materials Laser Surface Modification — A Focus on the Wear Degradation of Titanium Alloy Laser Engineering Net Shaping Method in the Area of Development of Functionally Graded Materials (FGMs) for Aero Engine Applications - A Review Fiber Lasers in Material Processing

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