Properties, Processing and Applications of Glass and Rare Earth-Doped Glasses for Optical Fibres

R & D on optical fibers is driven by the need for ever higher bandwidth transmission in telecommunications at lower cost. Some 60 experts from leading R&D groups around the world review silica, oxide, halide and chalcogenide glasses in a structured format, thereby creating an authoritative, encyclopaedic reference source for researchers and engineers. The book includes a historical overview by W. Alexander Gambling, FRS. Over 60 individually authored modules on the above-mentioned types of glass covering optical, thermal & mechanical properties, RE spectroscopy, optical fiber manufacture and applications in fiber amplifiers, fiber gratings, fiber lasers and optical switches.