Glasses, in their different forms and compositions, have special properties that are not found
in other materials. The combination of transparency and hardness at room temperature …

We demonstrate a 1.5‐µm-wavelength fiber laser formed by placement of glass microsphere
resonators along a fiber taper. The fiber taper serves the dual purpose of transporting optical …

This graduate-level textbook starts with Maxwell's equations. If the reader finds this
reasonable, this book should be helpful. Focusing on ultrafast solid-state laser oscillators …

In this paper, highly (up to 5.25 mol% Er 2 O 3) Er-doped phosphate bulk glasses were
synthesized by conventional melt-quenching method and their physical, thermal and …

Lasers with emission wavelengths of 1.5 μm are suitable for the eye-safe band and
transparency region of the atmosphere. During extremely bad weather conditions, the …

A new strong erbium laser glass (SELG) based on a boro-alumo-phosphate composition is
reported. We discuss the synthesis and chemical properties together with spectroscopic and …

We have developed a high-gain, high-peak-power laser amplifier at an eye-safe 1.55 μm
wavelength using an Er, Yb: glass planar waveguide for wind sensing coherent Doppler …

This article summarizes the latest achievements in the growth and characterization of Er, Yb:
YAl 3 (BO 3) 4 laser crystal emitting in the 1.5–1.6 μm spectral range. Fundamental …

We report on the experimental observation of superluminal tunneling of picosecond optical
pulses in a periodic fiber Bragg grating. Optical pulses of 380-ps duration, generated by an …

The Er 3+-doped novel oxyfluoride glasses of composition (43− x) SiO 2–10Al 2 O 3–24LiF–
23SrF 2–xEr 2 O 3, where x= 1.0, 2.0, 4.0 and 6.0 mol%, have been prepared by …