This book gathers the latest research from around the globe on the subject of lasers and optics research. Topics discussed include polarization dependent effects in optical waveguides containing bragg grating structures; bacterial cell interactions with optical fiber surfaces; passively mode-locked fiber lasers with nonlinear optical loop mirrors; optical breakdown in gases induced by high-power ir co2 laser pulses and towards shaping of pulsed plane waves in the time domain via chiral sculptured thin films.
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