Generation of a 170 fs, 10 GHz transform-limitedpulse train at1.55 µm using a dispersion-decreasing, erbium-doped activesoliton compressor
- 24 November 1994
- journal article
- Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters
- Vol. 30 (24) , 2038-2040
- https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19941363
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.Keywords
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