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We investigate dynamics of the formation of high-power ultrashort self-similar light pulses (similaritons) in a fiber laser in the regime of positive dispersion. The physical factors limiting the energy and the pulse width of such pulses are revealed. We specify regimes where a laser system based on an ytterbium-doped fiber can generate self-similar pulses with an energy of about 80 nJ compressible to a pulse width of about 150 fs through extracavity linear chirp compensation.
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Original Russian Text © A.A. Voronin, A.M. Zheltikov, 2008, published in Zhurnal Éksperimental’noĭ i Teoreticheskoĭ Fiziki, 2008, Vol. 133, No. 3, pp. 687–695.
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Voronin, A.A., Zheltikov, A.M. Dynamics of self-similar light pulses of limiting pulse width and energy in a fiber laser. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 106, 597–603 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776108030199
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