Ytterbium gain band self-induced modulation instability laser.
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.
Kennedy
R E
RE
Femtosecond Optics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College, London, UK. richard.kennedy@imperial.ac.uk
Popov
S V
SV
Taylor
J R
JR