title: 100 GHz passively mode-locked Er:Yb:glass laser at 1.5 microm with 1.6-ps pulses.
abstract: We demonstrate a compact diode-pumped fundamentally modelocked Er:Yb:glass laser with a record high repetition rate of 101 GHz, generating 35 mW average power in 1.6-ps pulses in the 1.5-microm telecom window. This performance makes the laser an attractive pulse generator to be used in advanced high-speed return-to-zero (RZ) telecom systems.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Quantum Electronics, Department of Physics, ETH Zurich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 16, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland. a.oehler@phys.ethz.ch
authors.forename: Andreas E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Oehler
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Südmeyer
authors.forename: Kurt J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Weingarten
authors.forename: Ursula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Keller