title: Depressed cladding, buried waveguide laser formed in a YAG:Nd3+ crystal by femtosecond laser writing.
abstract: Depressed cladding waveguides have been formed in laser crystals by a tightly focused beam of a femtosecond laser. A laser based on a depressed cladding waveguide in a neodymium-doped YAG crystal has been demonstrated for what is believed to be the first time.
authors.affiliation: Elements of Laser Systems Corporation, 3 Vvedensky Street, Moscow 117342, Russia. okhrim@fo.gpi.ru
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Okhrimchuk
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Shestakov
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Khrushchev
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mitchell