SPIE - Education Passive and Active Fiber Optics SC1180

This course gives a comprehensive introduction into fiber optics. It explains in detail many aspects of light propagation in optical fibers (including data signals and ultrashort pulses) and of coupling light into fibers. It also covers active devices like fiber amplifiers and lasers in the regimes of continuous-wave operation as well as nanosecond and ultrashort pulse operation. Many example cases are illustrated with numerical simulations which demonstrate various design aspects and limitations.