title: Fiber taper for dispersion management in a mode-locked ytterbium fiber laser.
abstract: We exploit the large anomalous dispersion in the waist of a fiber taper to offset the intracavity normal chromatic dispersion of an Yb-doped fiber laser. The fiber taper provides sufficient anomalous dispersion to ensure soliton operation of the mode-locked laser. With the taper removed from the cavity, the laser operates in a net normal dispersion regime.
authors.affiliation: Optoelectronics Research Center, Tampere University of Technology, P. O. Box 692, FIN-33101 Tampere, Finland. matei.rusu@tut.fi
authors.forename: Matei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rusu
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Herda
authors.forename: Samuli
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kivistö
authors.forename: Oleg G
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Okhotnikov