Ultrashort pulses from the soliton laser
- 1 June 1987
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 12 (6) , 407-409
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.12.000407
Abstract
We report the production of 50-fsec FWHM pulses directly from the soliton laser and 19-fsec pulses with compression in an external fiber. The 19-fsec FWHM corresponds to just under four optical cycles at the laser wavelength of 1.5 μm. We argue that these limits are set by dispersion properties of the control and compression fibers.Keywords
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