title: Environmentally stable Kerr-type mode-locked erbium fiber laser producing 360-fs pulses.
abstract: We demonstrate an environmentally stable Kerr-type mode-locked erbium fiber laser producing 360-fs near-bandwidth-limited pulses. Environmentally stable operation is possible in the presence of nonpolarization-maintaining fiber components provided that their overall length is short compared with the length of the polarization-maintaining fiber components. The pulses are generated at a stable repetition rate of 27 MHz and have an energy content of 60 pJ.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Fermann
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Stock
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Andrejco