4. Applications
In this section, we present the major industrial and scientific fields in which fiber lasers are used, as well as a few more marginal applications that nevertheless demonstrate the advantages of these sources. Of course, this brief presentation does not claim to be exhaustive, and the field of applications is evolving rapidly with technological developments.
4.1 Optical telecommunications
Rare earth-doped fibers have historically been developed in the context of fiber optic telecommunications. Indeed, the development of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers has led to an explosion in the performance of these systems in terms of throughput-distance product, by eliminating the need for regenerative repeaters based on fast electronics. In fiber telecommunications systems,...
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Bibliography
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RP Fiber Power: Commercial software for simulating lasers and fiber optic amplifiers
https://www.rp-photonics.com/rp_fiber_power.html
Fiberdesk: Commercial software for simulating propagation in optical fibers, including fiber amplifiers and oscillators.
Websites
Very useful and reliable link on photonics in general and laser sources in particular: Encyclopedia of laser physics and technology
Standards and norms
- Lasers and laser-related equipment – - ISO 11146 - 2021
- International standard – Definition of single-mode fiber: "Cutoff wavelength measurement for single-mode fiber." - IEC 60793-1-44 -
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Corning
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https://www.draka-cable.com/fr/
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