title: Soliton mode-locked Er:Yb:glass laser.
abstract: We report on a simple diode-pumped passively mode-locked Er:Yb:glass laser generating transform-limited 1536-nm solitons of 255-fs duration with a repetition rate of 50 MHz and average power of 58 mW. We also discuss timing jitter and the trade-off between short pulses and high output power in these lasers.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Quantum Electronics, Department of Physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), ETH Zürich Hönggerberg, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 16, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland. spuehler@phys.ethz.ch
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Spühler
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Krainer
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Innerhofer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Paschotta
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Weingarten
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Keller