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The first is an approach to reduce the amount of generated thermal energy by reducing the quantum defect (QD) in the system, which is the dominating process in an optimized fiber laser system. The second is an approach to extract thermal energy from the active fiber, which will balance the generated thermal energy and make it a radiation-balanced fiber laser. To achieve the first approach, six Yb-doped multicomponent fluorosilicate fibers were fabricated and investigated. With experimental characterization of the refractive index profile, thermo-optic coefficient, ytterbium spectroscopy, and Raman and Brillouin scattering, these fibers were found to be suitable for low QD operation. By experimentally setting up a Fabry-Perot cavity laser, QD of less than 1% and slope efficiencies near 70% are achieved, which are limited by splice and background losses in the fiber. Simulations on a power amplifier stage with a double-clad version of the fiber were performed and slope efficiency near 80% is expected. To achieve the second approach, four fibers fabricated by chemical vapor deposition are investigated. A vacuum-environment, contactless measurement method is designed based on the temperature dependence of Brillouin scattering from the fiber. Although no cooling was observed in the fiber so far, the analysis here serves as an important basis for further fiber and experimental design.","Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2020-02-28 without embargo terms","The student, Nanjie Yu, accepted the attached license on 2019-12-04 at 22:41.","The student, Nanjie Yu, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2019-12-04 at 22:47.","Made available in DSpace on 2020-03-02T21:58:26Z (GMT). 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