title: Experimental realization of a mode-locked parabolic Raman fiber oscillator.
abstract: We report here the first demonstration of a mode-locked fiber laser delivering parabolic pulses (similaritons) at 1534 nm. The use of a Raman-based gain medium potentially allows its implementation at any wavelength. The 22nJ output similariton pulses have a true parabolic shape both in the time and spectral domains and a linear chirp. Linear recompression close to Fourier limit is demonstrated allowing us to obtain 6 ps compressed pulses with a compression factor of 75.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Science Centre, University of Auckland, New Zealand. c.aguergaray@auckland.ac.nz
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aguergaray
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Méchin
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kruglov
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Harvey