title: Generation of 36-femtosecond pulses from a ytterbium fiber laser.
abstract: By optimizing the cavity dispersion map, 1.5-nJ pulses as short as 36 fs are obtained from a Yb-doped fiber laser. Residual higher-order dispersion currently limits the pulse duration, and it should be possible to generate pulses as short as 25-30 fs with Yb-doped fiber.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ilday
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Buckley
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kuznetsova
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wise