Device, system and method with cascaded burst mode laser amplified pumping oscillator signal

A system comprising:

• an oscillator having an oscillator output, the oscillator, when triggered, to produce X number of oscillator pulses in series at a repetition rate from the oscillator output, where X is an integer;
• X series coupled amplifiers having a first common optical path and amplify a power parameter of the X number of oscillator pulses, a first amplifier of the X series coupled amplifiers coupled to the oscillator output, the X series coupled amplifiers are triggered in sequence in accordance with the repetition rate of the oscillator so that an output from a last amplifier of the X series coupled amplifiers is a burst of X amplified pumping oscillator (APO) pulses;
• a burst pulse laser amplifier stage having X laser amplifiers having a second common optical path and being triggered by the burst of X APO pulses to produce a burst pulse laser signal;
• and
• a pulse delay generator coupled to a plurality of pulse forming networks, a corresponding different one pulse forming network (PFN) is coupled to a respective ith amplifier of the X series coupled amplifiers to trigger the respective ith amplifier and wherein each PFN receives a timing control signal from the pulse delay generator wherein i being a number from 1 to X.

A method comprising:

• producing, by an oscillator having an oscillator output, X number of oscillator pulses in series at a repetition rate, where X is an integer;
• triggering in sequence in accordance with the repetition rate of the oscillator, X series coupled amplifiers, wherein a pulse delay generator being coupled to a plurality of pulse forming networks, a corresponding different one pulse forming network (PFN) is coupled to a respective ith amplifier of the X series coupled amplifiers to trigger the respective ith amplifier and wherein each PFN receives a timing control signal from the pulse delay generator wherein i being a number from 1 to X;
• amplifying, by the X series coupled amplifiers having a first common optical path, a power parameter of the X number of oscillator pulses, a first amplifier of the X series coupled amplifiers coupled to the oscillator output and an output, from a last amplifier of the X series coupled amplifiers, is a burst of X amplified pumping oscillator (APO) pulses;
• triggering a burst pulse laser amplifier stage having X laser amplifiers having a second common optical path, by the burst of X APO pulses;
• and
• amplifying, by the triggered burst pulse laser amplifier stage, an optical signal to produce a burst pulse laser signal.