title: Femtosecond ytterbium fiber laser with photonic crystal fiber for dispersion control.
abstract: We demonstrate the use of photonic-crystal fiber for dispersion compensation in a soliton fiber laser. The anomalous dispersion provided by the photonic-crystal fiber enables us to construct a femtosecond .ber laser at 1 microm wavelength without prisms or diffraction gratings. The laser produces ~100-fs pulses with 1 nJ energy, and is a major step toward environmentally-stable all-fiber devices at 1 microm.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ilday
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wise