A fiber Chirped Pulse Amplification (CPA) laser system includes a fiber
mode-locking oscillator for generating a laser for projecting to a fiber
stretcher for stretching a pulse width of the laser wherein the stretcher
further comprising a Photonic Bandgap (PBG) fiber having a lower
nonlinearity and an abnormal dispersion than a solid core fiber for
connecting and transmitting a laser from the stretcher to a multistage
amplifier for amplifying the laser into an output laser whereby a
separate compressor is not required.