Author Affiliations

G. J. Spühler,^#,$ R. Paschotta,^# U. Keller,^# M. Moser,^#,*,$$ M. J. P. Dymott,^#,**,$$$ D. Kopf,^#,** J. Meyer,^#,** K. J. Weingarten,^#,** J. D. Kmetec,^#,†,$$$$ J. Alexander,^#,† and G. Truong^#,†

^#Ultrafast Laser Physics, Institute of Quantum Electronics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Hönggerberg—HPT, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland

^*CSEM Zurich, Badenerstrasse 569, CH-8048 Zürich, Switzerland

^**Time-Bandwidth Products, Inc., Technopark-strasse I, CH-8005Zürich, Switzerland

^†Lightwave Electronics Corp., Mountain View, California 94043 USA

^$ spuehler@iqe.phys.ethz

^$$ michael.moser@csemne.ch

^$$$ md@tbwp.com

^$$$$ jeffklwe@aol.com