Fiber amplification of pulse bursts up to 20 μj pulse energy at 1 kHz repetition rate

Date

2011-08-23

Editor(s)

Advisor

Supervisor

Co-Advisor

Co-Supervisor

Instructor

Source Title

Optics Letters

Print ISSN

0146-9592

Electronic ISSN

Publisher

Optical of Society of America

Volume

36

Issue

17

Pages

3383 - 3385

Language

English

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Series

Abstract

We demonstrate burst-mode operation of a polarization-maintaining Yb-doped fiber amplifier. Groups of pulses with a temporal spacing of 10 ns and 1 kHz overall repetition rate are amplified to an average pulse energy of ∼20 μJ and total burst energy of 0:25 mJ. The pulses are externally compressed to ∼400 fs. The amplifier is synchronously pulsed-pumped to minimize amplified spontaneous emission between the bursts. We characterize the influence of pump pulse duration, pump-to-signal delay, and signal burst length.

Course

Other identifiers

Book Title

Citation