Abstract
Photo darkening (PD) of ytterbium co-doped silica fibers in lasers and amplifiers is experimentally investigated and a numeric model for PD is proposed. Relaxation to well-defined equilibrium state of core PD is observed both for unseeded amplifier and high power fiber laser operation, depending on the Yb inversion and output power flux.
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