title: A polarization maintaining, dispersion managed, femtosecond figure-eight fiber laser.
abstract: We demonstrate a polarization maintaining, figure-eight erbium-doped fiber laser with a dispersion managed cavity. The laser was passively modelocked and produced pulses that were de-chirped to 427 fs pulses outside the laser cavity. An intra-cavity amplitude modulator was used to initiate the pulses, but the modulator was turned off during femtosecond pulse operation.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Nicholson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Andrejco