title: Ytterbium gain band self-induced modulation instability laser.
abstract: We demonstrate an ytterbium gain band self-induced modulation instability laser. A highly nonlinear holey fiber is used to provide the anomalous dispersion required for bright soliton generation at 1 microm. The all-fiber integrated source yields a 40 GHz train of 4 ps pulses at a wavelength of 1064 nm.
authors.affiliation: Femtosecond Optics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College, London, UK. richard.kennedy@imperial.ac.uk
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Popov
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Taylor