title: Mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser with soliton pulse shaping.
abstract: We have generated pulses as short as 4 psec at 1530 nm from a mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser. The mode locker is a wide-bandwidth, lithium niobate guided-wave modulator, and the fiber laser is completely integrated. We present evidence that soliton pulse shaping is playing a key role in the formation of the pulses.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Kafka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baer
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Hall