Abstract
We report, for the first time, the fabrication of waveguide Bragg gratings inside bulk Yb:YAG crystals. Polarized WBGs with > 90% reflectivity are demonstrated. Such WBGs may be used to realize integrated single longitudinal mode waveguide lasers.
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