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

buir.contributor.authorKalaycıoğlu, Hamit
buir.contributor.authorİlday, F. Ömer
dc.citation.epage3385
dc.citation.issueNumber17
dc.citation.spage3383
dc.citation.volumeNumber36
dc.contributor.authorKalaycıoğlu, Hamit
dc.contributor.authorEken, K.
dc.contributor.authorİlday, F. Ömer
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-08T09:51:14Z
dc.date.available2016-02-08T09:51:14Z
dc.date.issued2011-08-23
dc.departmentAdvanced Research Laboratories (ARL)
dc.departmentDepartment of Physics
dc.description.abstractWe 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.
dc.identifier.doi10.1364/OL.36.003383
dc.identifier.issn0146-9592
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/21796
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.publisherOptical of Society of America
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.36.003383
dc.source.titleOptics Letters
dc.subjectAmplified spontaneous emissions
dc.subjectBurst length
dc.subjectBurst-mode operation
dc.subjectPolarization maintaining
dc.subjectPulse energies
dc.subjectPump pulse
dc.subjectRepetition rate
dc.subjectFiber amplifiers
dc.subjectOptical pumping
dc.subjectPumps
dc.subjectYtterbium
dc.subjectPulse repetition rate
dc.titleFiber amplification of pulse bursts up to 20 μj pulse energy at 1 kHz repetition rate
dc.typeArticle

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