Institute of Quantum Electronics, Department of Physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), ETH Zürich H?nggerberg, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 16, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland. spuehler@phys.ethz.ch
Abstract:
We report on a simple diode-pumped passively mode-locked Er:Yb:glass laser generating transform-limited 1536-nm solitons of 255-fs duration with a repetition rate of 50 MHz and average power of 58 mW. We also discuss timing jitter and the trade-off between short pulses and high output power in these lasers.