5. Conclusion
The compactness and efficiency of fiber lasers, combined with remarkable performance in terms of power and beam quality, have led to a large number of applications, both scientific and industrial. In particular, ytterbium-doped fiber technology is now mature industrially, and the performance of transverse single-mode laser sources achieved with these fibers is quite close to the fundamental physical limits, whether in continuous or pulsed mode. Future advances in sources may come from new fiber technologies, such as multi-core fibers, hollow-core fibers, or large modal area fibers that are less sensitive to the external environment. These radiation sources are also advancing through their implementation in sometimes sophisticated architectures that allow increasingly fine control of their temporal, spectral, spatial, or polarization properties. Recent examples include advances in injectors...
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Glossary
Bibliography
Software tools
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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Draka
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