Supercontinuum Generation in Specialty Optical Fibers
Supercontinuum Generation in Specialty Optical Fibers

Author: Than Singh Saini

Publisher:

Published: 2024-12-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781032796512

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This book focusses on the basic understanding of specialty optical fibers, their applications in mid-IR light generation, and the cutting-edge research in the field. The book provides all the basic knowledge about specialty optical fibers and their characteristics, including dispersion, losses, propagation of modes, and so forth. Finally, the technologies based on optical fibers and their applications in all prospective areas of research is discussed. Features: Provides an introduction to the history of the specialty optical fibers, and technologies based on specialty optical fibers. Explores specific applications of mid-IR supercontinuum generation in specialty optical fibers. Discusses the fabrication of specialty optical fiber-based photonic devices. Reviews the integration of nanotechnology with specialty optical fibers. Details future prospectives of specialty optical fiber-based photonic devices. This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in photonics, optics, physics, and photonic crystal fibers.

Supercontinuum Generation in Optical Fibers
Supercontinuum Generation in Optical Fibers

Author: J. M. Dudley

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-04-01

Total Pages: 419

ISBN-13: 1139486187

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The optical fiber based supercontinuum source has recently become a significant scientific and commercial success, with applications ranging from frequency comb production to advanced medical imaging. This one-of-a-kind book explains the theory of fiber supercontinuum broadening, describes the diverse operational regimes and indicates principal areas of applications, making it a very important guide for researchers and graduate students. With contributions from major figures and groups who have pioneered research in this field, the book describes the historical development of the subject, provides a background to the associated nonlinear optical processes, treats the generation mechanisms from continuous wave to femtosecond pulse pump regimes and highlights the diverse applications. A full discussion of numerical methods and comprehensive computer code are also provided, enabling readers to confidently predict and model supercontinuum generation characteristics under realistic conditions.

Specialty Optical Fibers
Specialty Optical Fibers

Author: Mário Fernando Santos Ferreira

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2024-02-17

Total Pages: 541

ISBN-13: 0443184941

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Specialty Optical Fibers reviews theoretical and experimental photonic research relevant to the synthesis, processing, characterization, modeling, physical features, and applications of Specialty Optical Fibers (SOFs) with significant technological impact potential. All fiber-based advanced photonics device components rely on specialty optical fibers, which have either a unique waveguide structure or a novel material composition. High power optical amplifiers, high power fiber, and novel fabrication techniques for optical fiber design have enabled significant technological advances. The book provides discussion on these applications including current research directions, future opportunities and remaining challenges.Specialty Optical Fibers is suitable for researchers in academia and practitioners in R&D working in the subject areas of materials science, electrical engineering, and fiber optics. - Includes an overview of specialty optical fiber materials design and fabrication technologies - Reviews fundamentals of the most relevant optical fiber materials, including their physics, chemistry, and optoelectronics principles - Explores current research directions and future opportunities and challenges of utilization of optical fibers for a wide range of diverse applications

Optical Fiber Technology and Applications: Recent Advances
Optical Fiber Technology and Applications: Recent Advances

Author: Mario F. S. Ferreira

Publisher: IOP Publishing Limited

Published: 2021-08-11

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780750332415

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Optical Fiber Technology and Applications: Recent Advances, comprised of 10 chapters written by leading experts in the field, documents the cutting-edge work of new material composition and waveguide design-based specialty optical fibers and their photonic devices. Highlighting the most recent progress and trends in optical fiber technology, this book covers important topics such as specialty optical fibers, optical amplifiers, radiation dosimetry, borosilicate glass, radiation effect, fiber optic temperature sensors, pulsed fiber laser, non-linear fiber optics, solitons, supercontinuum generation, and fiber-optic-based 5G networks. Solely devoted to the most recent achievements in the development of different varieties of specialty optical fibers, this book serves as a universal resource for future development in the field while providing students, researchers, and technology managers with valuable, timely, and unbiased information on the subject. Key Features Up-to-date overview of optical fiber materials and their wide applications. Broad scope with insights from experts in the field. Serves as a universal resource for future development in the field while providing students, researchers, and technology managers with valuable, timely, and unbiased information on the subject.

Specialty Optical Fibers Handbook
Specialty Optical Fibers Handbook

Author: Alexis Mendez

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2011-10-10

Total Pages: 841

ISBN-13: 0080474993

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This book is a comprehensive contributed volume that aims to describe and explain the design, fabrication, operating characteristics, and specific applications of the most popular and useful types of specialty optical fibers. These "specialty fibers include any kind of optical fiber that has been architecturally manipulated to diverge from a conventional structure. For instance, metal-coated fibers can be utilized for bandwidth improvement, and hollow core fibers offer more controllable dispersion for sensitive medical procedures. Applications for these specialty fibers abound in the biomedical, sensors, and industrial fields, as well as in more traditional communications capacities. This book will act as a specialty fiber "guided tour, hosted by the top names in the discipline. The globally renowned editors, Drs. Mendez and Morse, have extensive experience in research, academia, and industry.*Completely covers biomedical and industrial sensor technology with emphasis on real world applications *Comparative studies of pros and cons of all fiber types with relation to test and measurement, mechanical properties and strength, and reliability*Easy to access essential facts and details at the begining of each chapter

Technological Advances in Tellurite Glasses
Technological Advances in Tellurite Glasses

Author: V.A.G. Rivera

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-03-30

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 3319530380

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This book is the first to provide a comprehensive introduction to the synthesis, optical properties, and photonics applications of tellurite glasses. The book begins with an overview of tellurite glasses, followed by expert chapters on synthesis, properties, and state-of-the-art applications ranging from laser glass, optical fibers, and optical communications through color tuning, plasmonics, supercontinuum generation, and other photonic devices. The book provides in-depth information on the the structural, linear, and non-linear optical properties of tellurite glasses and their implications for device development. Real-world examples give the reader valuable insight into the applications of tellurite glass. A detailed discussion of glass production methods, including raw materials and melting and refining oxide- and fluoro-tellurite glasses, is also included. The book features an extensive reference list for further reading. This highly readable and didactic text draws on chemical composition, glass science, quantum mechanics, and electrodynamics. It is suitable for both advanced undergraduate and graduate students as well as practicing researchers.

MID-INFRARED FIBER PHOTONICS
MID-INFRARED FIBER PHOTONICS

Author: Stuart Jackson

Publisher: Woodhead Publishing

Published: 2021-11-26

Total Pages: 840

ISBN-13: 0128180188

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Mid-Infrared Fibre Photonics: Glass Materials, Fibre Fabrication and Processing, Laser Sources and Devicess combines the latest glass chemistry, fibre fabrication and post processing techniques to provide a comprehensive reference on the fundamental science and latest research in fibre photonics for the mid-infrared range. The book systematically reviews the key glass materials systems including fluorides, chalcogenides, and oxides. Each materials chapter includes discussion of composition, structure, thermal, optical and mechanical properties, extrinsic and intrinsic loss mechanisms, materials preparation and purification techniques. Then Mid-Infrared Fibre Photonics: Glass Materials, Fibre Fabrication and Processing, Laser Sources and Devicess covers the most relevant fabrication, post-processing, and spectroscopy techniques. Fibre sources are also addressed including fibre sources for continuous wave emission, pulsed emission, and broadband emission. The book concludes with a brief overview of important medical, sensing and defence applications. - Systematic coverage of the most relevant materials for mid-infrared fibre photonics including discussion of composition, structure, thermal, optical and mechanical properties, loss mechanisms, materials preparation and purification techniques - Reviews the key fabrication and processing techniques of mid-infrared fibre technologies - Addresses the important medical, sensing and defence applications

Technical Organic and Inorganic Fibres from Natural Resources
Technical Organic and Inorganic Fibres from Natural Resources

Author: Md. Ibrahim H. Mondal

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2024-09-12

Total Pages: 895

ISBN-13: 0443154600

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Technical Organic and Inorganic Fibres from Natural Resources focuses on recent advances in the synthesis, processing, characterization, and application of non-textile fibers. The book provides a general introduction to the uses of natural fibers in technical textile applications while also reviewing the latest technical methods for producing these high-performance materials. As the textile industry is focused on finding alternative green fibers with the aim of providing high quality products which are fully recyclable and biodegradable, natural fibers from renewable sources play an increasingly important role in the industry due to their unique properties and functionality. - Covers the full range of fibers from natural sources, including organic materials like chitosan as well as inorganic ones like carbon nanofibers - Includes an overview of EPA regulations on hazardous natural fibers - Industry case studies are provided throughout to explain production methods and applications

Advanced Functional Materials
Advanced Functional Materials

Author: Nevin Tasaltin

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2020-11-26

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 1839624795

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This book was written by authors in the field of preparation of advanced functional materials and their wide-ranging applications. The topics in the book include: preparation of several advanced functional materials, and their applications in sensors, health, concrete, textile, glasses, and pharmacy. In this book, the authors focused on recent studies, applications, and new technological developments in fundamental properties of advanced functional materials.