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Field Guide to Optical Fiber Technology (SPIE Field Guide Vol. FG16) (Spie Field Guides)
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About Field Guide To Optical Fiber Technology
Product Description Fiber optics have become one of the essential elements of modern optical technology. Early work has mostly focused on the transmission of light over long distances, particularly for use in optical fiber communications. Further work has greatly expanded the application areas of optical fibers, which now also include fields like fiber amplifiers, fiber lasers, supercontinuum generation, pulse compression, and fiber-optic sensors. This diversity of applications has been enabled by a variety of types of optical fibers, which can greatly differ in many respects. This Field Guide provides an overview of optical fiber technology. It not only describes many different types of fibers and their properties, but also presents in a compact form the relevant physical foundations. Sophisticated mathematics, e.g., concerning fiber modes, are not included, as such issues are covered in detail by several textbooks. Both passive and active (amplifying) fibers are discussed, and an overview on fiber nonlinearities and the application of active fibers in amplifiers and lasers is included. The large bibliography contains many useful references, covering both pioneering work and later seminal articles and books. This Guide should be very useful for a wide audience, including practitioners in industry as well as researchers. About the Author Ruediger Paschotta is an expert in lasers and amplifiers, nonlinear optics, fiber technology, laser pulses, and noise in optics. He started his scientific career in 1994 with a PhD thesis in the field of quantum optics, and thereafter focused on applied research, covering a wide range of laser-related topics. He is the author or coauthor of over 100 scientific journal articles, over 120 international conference presentations, and several book chapters. He is also the author of the well-known Encyclopedia of Laser Physics and Technology. His successful academic career includes his habilitation at ETH Zurich and his attainment of the Fresnel Prize of the European Physical Society in 2002. In 2004, Dr. Paschotta started RP Photonics Consul-ting GmbH, a technical consulting company based in Zurich, Switzerland. He now serves companies in the photonics industry worldwide, working out feasibility studies and designs for lasers and other photonic devices, identifying and solving technical problems, finding suitable laser sources for specific applications, and performing staff training courses on specialized subjects. His work combines his extensive physics knowledge, his experience with an inventory of numerical modeling tools, a practically oriented mind, and a passion for constructive, interactive teamwork.
