Preface ....................................................... vii
Chapter 1 Synthesis, Structural and Spectroscopic
Properties of Some New Erbium Based Materials ........ 1
Hassane Assaaoudi, Ian S. Butler and Janusz
A. Kozinski
Chapter 2 Novel Usage of Erbium in Optical Communication
Systems - from Fundamentals to Performance
Characteristics ..................................... 67
Shankar S. Pathmanathan and P.K. Choudhury
Chapter 3 Terbium-Sensitized Luminescence Flow-through
Optosensing ........................................ 109
A. Ruiz-Medina and E. J. Llorent-Martínez
Chapter 4 Bismuth-Based Erbium-Doped Fiber (Bi-EDF):
Amplification Characteristics and Its Nonlinear
Applications ....................................... 131
Sulaiman Wadi Harun and Harith Ahmad
Chapter 5 Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifiers Characterization
and Performance Analysis ........................... 153
Akram Ahmad Abu-Aisheh
Chapter 6 Syntheses, Crystal Structures and
Photoluminescence Properties of Erbium(III)
Complexes .......................................... 175
Eny Kusrini, Muhammad I. Saleh and Anwar Usman
Chapter 7 Rare-Earth Silicide ErSi2 from First Principles
Calculations: Optical, Magnetic and Magheto-
optical Properties ................................. 189
K. Benyahia, Z. Nabi, Rajeev Ahuja and A. Khalfi
Chapter 8 Erbium Lasers in the Treatment of Herpes
Labialis ........................................... 205
Juliana Marotti, Marina Stella Bello-Silva,
Patricia Moreira de Freitas, Ana Cecília Corrêa
Aranha and Carlos de Paula Eduardo
Chapter 9 Erbium Lasers for Surface Conditioning in
Dentistry .......................................... 217
Marina Stella Bello-Silva, Juliana Marotti,
Patricia Moreira de Freitas, Ana Cecília Corrêa
Aranha and Carlos de Paula Eduardo
Chapter 10 Structural Characterization of Erbium Containing
Glasses by Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations .... 229
Monia Montorsi, Guido Oh and Cristina Siligardi
Chapter 11 Preparation, Characterization and Optical
Properties of Spinel Powders ZnGa2O4 Phosphor
Doped with Er3+ Ions ............................... 243
Mihaela Vasile and Paulina Vlazan
Index ......................................................... 251
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