Investigation of TMI in Yb-doped fully-aperiodic large-pitch-fibers using spatially and temporally resolved imaging

In this work we present investigation of TMI in Yb-doped FA-LPF using spatially and temporally resolved imaging. We present ST-measurements that are clearly describing the system noises and that can be used to optimize amplifier systems in order to mitigate TMI. Comparative TMI measurements between the same FA-LPF in amplifier and laser configuration are also presented. These measurements show similar results with respect to optical efficiencies but large differences with respect to TMI.