Optical Fiber Amplifiers: Materials, Devices, and Applications

Prepared by six leading professionals in the industry, this comprehensive reference helps you better understand the basic phenomena behind OF amplifiers -- and gives you the practical knowledge you need to design and produce OF systems. Includes 180 equations and nearly 240 illustrations.

Outline of optical fibre amplifiers; rare earth ions in glasses and transitions for optical amplification; fibre materials and fabrications; amplification characteristics on fibre amplifiers.