TY - JOUR AU - Silva, Wagner AU - Jacinto, Carlos AU - Benayas, Antonio AU - Vázquez de Aldana, Javier R. AU - Torchia, Gustavo AU - Chen, Feng AU - Tan, Yang AU - Jaque, Daniel PY - 2010 SN - 0146-9592 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10366/123371 AB - We report the formation of optical waveguides in the self-Raman Nd:YVO4 laser crystal by femtosecond laser inscription. The confocal fluorescence and Raman images have revealed that the waveguide is constituted by a locally compressed area in which... LA - eng PB - Optical Society of America KW - Waveguides KW - Femtosecond lasers KW - Microfabrication KW - Integrated optics KW - Waveguide lasers TI - Femtosecond-laser-written, stress-induced Nd:YVO4 waveguides preserving fluorescence and Raman gain ER -