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.
Covers Brillouin scattering, a powerful tool in photonics, explaining material density fluctuations' impact on light and the optical effects of inelastic scatterings.
