The field of optically pumped planar waveguide lasers has seen a rapid development over
the last two decades driven by the requirements of a range of applications. This sustained …

This paper reviews recent progress in the field of optically pumped rare-earth-doped
channel waveguide lasers, with a focus on operation utilizing distributed-feedback …

Reflecting changes in the field in the ten years since the publication of the first edition, The
Handbook of Photonics, Second Edition explores recent advances that have affected this …

The recent progress in the field of Ti: Er: LiNbO 3 waveguide lasers with emission
wavelengths in the range 1530 nm< λ< 1603 nm is reviewed. After a short discussion of the …

A thermally fixed photorefractive Bragg grating is written in a single-mode Ti: Fe: Er:
LiNbO_3 channel waveguide and used to develop a distributed feedback–distributed Bragg …

Based on the publications during the period 1990–2006, an attempt is made to summarize
some of the important tendencies in integrated optics as well as the different techniques for …

Quantum memory, which maps photonic quantum information into a stationary medium and
retrieves it at a chosen time, plays a vital role in the advancement of quantum information …

A theoretical study of scattering and interference of waves in one-dimensional (1D) Bragg
structures, also known as photonic band-gap (PBG) structures, based on multiconductor …

The results of experimental studies of scattering and interference of waves in one-
dimensional photonic band-gap structures based on coaxial waveguides with corrugated …

Fifty years since the invention of the laser have been witness of the development of many
different laser systems and designs. Among them, miniaturized versions of solid sate lasers …