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We report what is to our knowledge the first fabrication and laser operation of ion-implanted Nd:GGG channel waveguides. Diode-pumped operation has been achieved with absorbed power thresholds as low as ~2 mW and a slope efficiency of ~30% with respect to absorbed power.

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Multiple energy He+ ion implantation to increase the width of the implantation-induced refraction index barrier in LiB3O5 (LBO) is reported. Improvements in planar waveguide transmission (coupling and propagation) at the HeNe laser wavelength of 633 nm, from 5% to 45% for TE polarized light, and from 10% to 28% for TM polarized light in a ∼5-mm-long LBO planar waveguide are shown. Annealing is found to increase the transmission (coupling and propagation) at the wavelength of 633 nm of multiple-energy implanted planar LBO waveguides by as much as 24% for TE polarized light and 71% for TM polarized light. Channel waveguides in LBO fabricated by multiple-energy ion implantation through a gold wire mask and their use for second-harmonic generation are reported.