The Q-switching characteristics of actively Q-switched fiber lasers, especially the
inconsistency of experimental observations with traditional Q-switching theory, are reviewed …

We report a new approach to obtaining single-transverse-mode operation of a multimode
fiber amplifier in which the gain fiber is coiled to induce significant bend loss for all but the …

A quarter century of research into deep space and near Earth optical communications This
book captures a quarter century of research and development in deep space optical …

We demonstrate a 750-Hz linewidth single-mode erbium-doped fiber (EDF) ring laser with
wide tunability using a widely tunable fiber Bragg grating (FBG). The stable single-mode …

We describe the design and performance of cladding-pumped silica fiber lasers with high
continuous-wave output powers and broad wavelength tunability in the 1, 1.5, and 2 μm …

We theoretically and experimentally analyze Q-switched cladding pumped ytterbium-doped
fiber lasers designed for high pulse energies. We compare the extractable energy from two …

This paper introduces a simple, analytical method for generalizing the behavior of bent,
weakly-guided fibers and waveguides. It begins with a comprehensive study of the modes of …

By controlling the output coupling ratio, we demonstrate a novel wavelength-tunable L-band
Erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) with a maximum tuning range up to 58 nm (from 1567 to …

We report a multimode, double-clad, Yb-doped fiber amplifier that produces diffraction-
limited, 0.8-ns pulses with energies of 255 µJ and peak powers in excess of 300 kW at a …

A peak output power of greater than 4.1 kW and a pulse duration at FWHM of 150 ns have
been obtained in a Q-switched Tm^ 3+-doped silica fiber laser in the wavelength region …