Compact low-noise pulse generating lasers with repetition rates of 10 to 50 GHz
We review the main results obtained with our recently introduced passively fundamental mode-locked Er:Yb:glass lasers mainly in the context of telecom applications, and we discuss their key enablers. Specifically, we focus on the aspects of the lasers for application in the time-domain for optical time-division multiplexing and in the wavelength domain for dense wavelength-division-multiplexing.