Abstract
An alignment-free, dual-pass, ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier with 25-dB gain and -44 dB noise floor is demonstrated for amplifying linearly polarized optical pulses with low duty cycle at a wavelength 23 nm off the gain peak.
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