Generation of a 170 fs, 10 GHz transform-limitedpulse train at1.55 µm using a dispersion-decreasing, erbium-doped activesoliton compressor

Abstract
A 170 fs transform-limited pulse train at 10 GHz has been successfully generated for the first time with a picosecond stable fibre laser and a dispersion-decreasing erbium-doped fibre amplifier which acts as a very efficient active soliton pulse compressor.