Abstract

We report the first waveguide laser based on rare-earth sesquioxides. A structured Nd(0.5%):(Gd,Lu)<sup>2</sup>O<sup>3</sup>film pumped at 820nm showed lasing at 1.08um. The laser-threshold was 0.8mW, the preliminary slope-efficiency 0.5% and the maximum output power 1.8mW.

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