100 GHz passively mode-locked Er:Yb:glass laser at 1.5 microm with 1.6-ps pulses.
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.
Oehler
Andreas E
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Institute of Quantum Electronics, Department of Physics, ETH Zurich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 16, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland. a.oehler@phys.ethz.ch
Südmeyer
Thomas
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Weingarten
Kurt J
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Keller
Ursula
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