Tutorials and Case Studies
RP Photonics proudly offers a huge amount of high-quality scientific and technological content to the public. Its RP Photonics Encyclopedia is famous, but we also offer very useful tutorials and case studies. These are all also available in German.
Tutorials
In the following, we offer some comprehensive physics-based tutorials, from which you can learn a lot. While each encyclopedia article targets a specific article keyword, a tutorial introduces readers to a certain subject area related to a larger number of encyclopedia articles. It often also discusses issues of practical importance.
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Passive Fiber Optics
This is a comprehensive introduction to fiber optics, focusing on passive (non-amplifying) fibers. It explains basic principles as well as practical aspects.
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Fiber Amplifiers
You can learn about rare earth ions, how to calculate optical powers and ionic excitations in amplifiers, and on many other topics: ASE, forward vs. backward pumping, double-clad fibers, amplification of light pulses, amplifier noise, and multi-stage amplifiers.
#fibers#amplifiers#pulses
Modeling and Simulation of Fiber Amplifiers and Lasers
This is an physics-based introduction into the modeling of fiber amplifiers and fiber lasers, as required for efficient research and development. Many aspects of amplifier and laser operation can be simulated, leading to a solid quantitative understanding.
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Modeling of Pulse Amplification
This tutorial explains the amplification of light pulses, with particular focus on fiber amplifiers, but also some content on bulk laser amplifiers.
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Case Studies
Our case studies nicely complement the tutorials and encyclopedia articles. Each one provides a quantitative analysis of a concrete case of practical importance, showing the physics and technology background and suitable methods to investigate such things.
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Various Resources
For more information on fiber optics, see also
If you are interested in laser development and physical modeling, you should see our presentation on the 'transparent laser'.
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