Covers the fundamental concepts of laser operation, including dispersion theory, gain and resonators, different types of laser systems, noise characteristics, optical fibers, ultrafast lasers, and nonlinear frequency conversion.
Explores applications of stimulated scatterings in optical fibers, including power probing, distributed sensing, slow & fast light, and optical storage.
Explores the optical properties of materials, including reflection, refraction, absorption, and transmission, as well as the behavior of light in optical fibers.
Delves into advanced techniques in optical fiber communications to increase spectral efficiency and explores the use of multi-core fibers for space-division multiplexing.
