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Optical fiber lasers in which the lasing takes place within the core of an optical fiber have assumed tremendous importance in recent years. Using components developed specifically for fiber telecommunication applications, fiber lasers have seen an explosive growth in terms of high output powers, ultrashort pulses, and extensive wavelength region. After a very brief introduction to optical fibers and their characteristics specific to fiber laser applications, using the laser rate equations, the chapter provides the fundamentals of fiber lasers and their operating characteristics.
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Thyagarajan, K. (2015). Fiber Lasers. In: Gupta, P., Khare, R. (eds) Laser Physics and Technology. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 160. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2000-8_6
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