RARE EARTH DOPED AND LARGE EFFECTIVE AREA OPTICAL FIBERS FOR FIBER LASERS AND AMPLIFIERS

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Various embodiments described herein include rare earth doped glass compositions that may be used in optical fiber and rods having large core sizes. Such optical fibers and rods may be employed in fiber lasers and amplifiers. The index of refraction of the glass may be substantially uniform and may be close to that of silica in some embodiments. Possible advantages to such features include reduction of formation of additional waveguides within the core, which becomes increasingly a problem with larger core sizes.