Abstract

We demonstrate burst-mode operation of a polarization-maintaining Yb-doped fiber amplifier. Groups of pulses with a temporal spacing of $10\mathrm{ns}$ and $1\mathrm{kHz}$ overall repetition rate are amplified to an average pulse energy of $\sim 20\mathrm{\mu J}$ and total burst energy of $0.25\mathrm{mJ}$. The pulses are externally compressed to $\sim 400\mathrm{fs}$. 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.

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