Prefave 1 Fundamental Mathematics of Nonlinear-Emission Photonic Glass Fiber and Waveguide Devices 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Newton Iteration Algorithm for Nonlinear Rate Equation Solution 1.2.1 Single-Variable 1.2.2 Multi-Variable 1.3 Runge- Kutta Algorithm for Power-Propagation Equation Solution 1.3.1 Single-Function 1.3.2 Multi-punctions 1.4 Two-Point Boundary Problem for Power-Propagation Equations in a Laser Cavity 1.4.1 Principle 1.4.2 Shooting Method and Relaxation Method References 2 Fundamental Spectral Theory of Photonic Glasses 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Judd - Ofelt Theory 2.3 Transition Probability and Quantum Efficiency 2.4 Fluorescence Branch Ratio 2.5 Homogeneous and Inhomogeneous Broadening of Spectra References 3 Spectral Properties of Ytterbium-Doped Glasses 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Formation Region of Yb203- Containing Glasses 3.3 Laser Performance Parameters of Ytterbium-Doped Glasses 3.3.1 Minimum Fraction of Excited State Ions 3.3.2 Saturation Pump Intensity 3.3.3 Minimum Pump Intensity 3.3.4 Storage-Energy and Gain Parameters 3.4 Spectral Properties of Yb3+- Doped Borate Glasses 3.4.1 Compositional Dependence of Spectral Properties 3.4.2 Dependence of Spectral Properties on Active Ion Concentration 3.5 Spectral Properties of Yb3~- Doped Phosphate Glasses 3.5.1 Compositional Dependence of Spectral Properties 3.5.2 Dependence of Spectral Properties on Active Ion Concentration 3.6 Spectral Properties of Yb3+- Doped Silicate Glasses 3.6.1 Compositional Dependence of Spectral Properties 3.6.2 Dependence of Spectral Properties on Active Ion Concentration 3.7 Spectral Properties of Yb3+- Doped Germanate Glasses 3.8 Spectral Properties of Yb3+- Doped Telluride Glasses 3.8.1 Compositional Dependence of Spectral Properties 3.8.2 Dependence of Spectral Properties on Active Ion Concentration 3.9 Dependence of Spectral Property and Laser Performance Parameters on Glass System 3.9.1 Dependence of Spectral Property on Glass Systems 3.9.2 Dependence of Laser Performance Parameters on Glass Systems 3.10 Dependence of Energy-Level Structure of Yb3+ on Glass Systems 3.11 Cooperative Upconversion of Yb3+ Ion Pairs 3.11.1 Cooperative Upconversion Luminescence 3.11.2 Concentration-Quenching Mechanics 3.11.3 Concentration Dependence of Luminescence Intensity 3.12 Fluorescence Trap Effect of Yb3+ Ions in Glasses
References 4 Compact Fiber Amplifiers 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Level Structure and Numerical Model 4.3 Dependence of Gain and Noise Figure on Concentrations 4.4 Doping Concentrations with Short-Length High Gain References 5 Photonic Glass Fiber Lasers 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Fundamental Physics of Fiber Laser 5.2.1 Lasing Conditions of Laser 5.2.2 Threshold Gain 5.2.3 Phase Condition and Laser Modes 5.2.4 Population Inversion Calculation 5.3 Numerical Models of Rare-Earth-Doped Fiber Lasers 5.3.1 Configuration and Power-Propagation Equations of Fiber Laser 5.3.2 Output Power of a Two-Level Fiber Laser 5.3.3 Output Power of a Three-Level Fiber Laser 5.3.4 Output Power of a Four-Level Fiber Laser 5.3.5 Output Power of Yb3+- Doped Fiber Laser References 6 Broadband Fiber Amplifiers and Sources 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Pr3+- Tm3+- Er3+- Co-Doped Fiber System 6.2.1 General Rate and Power-Propagation Equations with Two Wavelength Pumps 6.2.2 Gain Characteristics with 980 nm Pump 6.2.3 Gain Characteristics with 793 nm Pump 6.2.4 Gain Characteristics with Double Pumps 6.3 Gain Characteristics of Pr3+- Er3+- Co-Doped Fiber System 6.3.1 Rate and Power-Propagation Equations 6.3.2 Dependence of Gain on Fiber Parameters 6.4 WDM Transmission System Cascaded with Tm3+- Er3+- Co-Doped Fiber Amplifiers 6.4.1 WDM System with Single Pump 6.4.2 WDM System with Dual Pumps References 7 Photonic Glass Waveguide for Spectral Conversion 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Theoretical Model and Spectral Characterization 7.2.1 Theoretical Model 7.2.2 Spectral Characterization 7.3 Doubly-Doped System 7.3.1 Energy Transfer Model 7.3.2 Quantum Efficiency of Photonic Glass Waveguide 7.4 Triply-Doped System 7.4.1 Energy Transfer Model 7.4.2 Quantum Efficiency of Photonic Glass Waveguide 7.5 Performance Evaluation of sc-Si-Solar Cell with Photonic Glass Waveguides References 8 Photonic Glass Waveguide for White-Light Generation 8.1 Introduction
8.2 White-Light Glasses 8.2.1 Tm3+- Tb3+- Eu3+- Co-Doped System 8.2.2 Yb3+- Er3+-Tm3+- Co-Doped System 8.3 Emission-Tunable Glasses 8.3.1 Tb3+- Sm3+- Dy3+- Co-Doped System 8.3.2 Tm3+- Yb3+- Ho3+- Co-Doped System References Appendix 1 Matlab Code for Solving Nonlinear Rate and Power-Propagation Equation Groups in Co-Doped Fiber Amplifiers or Fiber Sources A1.1 Nonlinear Rate Equation Group and Coupled Power-Propagation Equation Group of a Three-Active Ions-Co-Doped System A1.2 Code for Solving Linear Rate Equation Group A1.3 Code for Solving Nonlinear Rate Equation Group A1.4 Code for Variation of Gain with Fiber Length A1.5 Code for Variation of Gain with Active Ion Concentration Appendix 2 Matlab Code for Solving Power-Propagation Equations of a Laser Cavity with Four-Level System Index
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