We report on the fabrication of Nd:YCOB ( $\mathrm{Nd}\text{:}{\mathrm{YCa}}_4\mathrm{O}({\mathrm{BO}}_3{)}_3$ ) optical waveguides by using $170\mathrm{MeV}$ ${\mathrm{Ar}}^{8+}$ ion irradiation at an ultralow fluence of $2\times {10}^{12}\text{\hspace{0.17em} ions}/{\mathrm{cm}}^2$ . The confocal microphotoluminescence investigation on the produced waveguides has shown the well-preserved fluorescence features within the guiding layer with respect to the bulks. Under the optical pump at wavelength of $810\mathrm{nm}$ , continuous wave waveguide lasers at $1061.2\mathrm{nm}$ have been generated at room temperature with a high slope efficiency of $\sim 67.9\%$ .

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Appl. Phys. Lett.

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IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron.

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Opt. Commun.

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Opt. Express

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