"Recent Progress in Optical Fiber Research" ed. by Moh. Yasin, Sulaiman W. Harun, Hamzah Arof

This book reviews current researches on optical fiber including nonlinear effects and polarization related issues in optical fibers, photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) as well as other characteristics.

This book presents a comprehensive account of the recent progress in optical fiber research.
Section 1 reviews nonlinear effects in optical fibers in terms of theoretical analysis, experiments and applications.
Section 2 presents polarization mode dispersion, chromatic dispersion and polarization dependent losses in optical fibers, fiber birefringence effects and spun fibers.
Section 3 and 4 cover the topics of photonic crystal fibers and a new trend of optical fiber applications.
Edited by three scientists with wide knowledge and experience in the field of fiber optics and photonics, the book brings together leading academics and practitioners in a comprehensive and incisive treatment of the subject.

Contents
Preface
Part 1 Nonlinear Effects in Optical Fibers
1. Multimode Nonlinear Fibre Optics: Theory and Applications
2. Spontaneous Nonlinear Scattering Processes in Silica Optical Fibers
3. Optical Solitons in a Nonlinear Fiber Medium with Higher-Order Effects
4. Progress in Continuous-Wave Supercontinuum Generation
5. Slow Light in Optical Fibers
Part 2 Other Impairments in Optical Fibers
6. Polarization Losses in Optical Fibers
7. Optical Fiber Birefringence Effects - Sources, Utilization and Methods of Suppression
8. Spun Fibres for Compensation of PMD: Theory and Characterization
Part 3 Photonic Crystal Fibers
9. Photonic Crystal Fibers with Optimized Dispersion for Telecommunication Systems
10. Photonics Crystal Fiber Loop Mirrors and Their Applications
11. Photonic Crystal Fiber for Medical Applications
12. Optic Fiber on the Basis of Photonic Crystal
13. Microstructured Fibre Taper with Constant Outer Diameter
Part 4 Special Characteristics and Applications
14. Long Period Gratings in New Generation Optical Fibers
15. Optical Vortices in a Fiber: Mode Division Multiplexing and Multimode Self-Imaging
16. Use and Limitations of Single- and Multi-Mode Optical Fibers for Exoplanet Detection
17. Time and Frequency Transfer in Optical Fibers
18. Applications of the Planar Fiber Optic Chip
19. Optical Fibers in Phase Space: A Theoretical Framework
20. Effects of Radiation on Optical Fibers