Zhang, ZewangCenel, C.Hamid, R.İlday, F. Ömer2016-02-082016-02-082013http://hdl.handle.net/11693/28024Date of Conference: 12-16 May 2013An intense research effort has been channelled into improving mode-locked Yb-fiber oscillators in recent years. Despite efforts in all-normal dispersion oscillators, dispersion management is evidently necessary to reach pulse durations below 50 fs. This is implemented most commonly with bulk optical components in Yb-doped fiber lasers. Increased robustness remains a valuable trait, for which all-fiber-integration is highly desirable. Photonic crystal fibers (PCF) with anomalous dispersion have small mode field diameters, enhancing nonlinear effects and usually are birefringent. The first mode-locked laser to incorporate a PCF was reported in 2002 [1]. However, mode-locking was not self-starting owing to the residual birefringence of the PCF Since then, a number of dispersion-managed Yb-doped fiber lasers using PCFs and all-fiber-integrated lasers have been reported. After 10 years, no all-fiber-integrated Yb-fiber laser has been demonstrated to support pulses below 60 fs [2]. © 2013 IEEE.EnglishBirefringenceElectron opticsFiber lasersFibersLocks (fasteners)Nonlinear opticsPhotonic crystal fibersQuantum electronicsSingle mode fibersYtterbiumAll-normal dispersionsAnomalous dispersionDispersion managementMode field diameterMode-locked laserOptical componentsResidual birefringenceYb-doped fiber lasersMode-locked fiber lasersConference Paper10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801389