Abstract

The generation of bandwidth-limited shoulder-free 125-fsec pulses by additive-pulse-compression mode locking of a neodymium glass laser is described. An all-fiber nonlinear amplifying loop mirror is employed as a fast saturable absorber and permits stable pulse generation under the condition of large pulse shaping in the cavity.

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