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We report the one-step precipitation of CdS quantum dots in the volume of CdS-doped silicate glass under the focused femtosecond laser beam without additional heat treatment of glass. Femtosecond direct laser writing leads to the annular distribution of the precipitated CdS quantum dots in laser-written domain optical properties of which could be tuned by laser beam parameters. Increasing the laser pulse number to 10 significantly enhances luminescence intensity in the domains, while further increasing up to 10 pulses leads to luminescence quenching. A possible scenario for the formation and distribution of quantum dots is proposed.

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In this paper, the inscription of polarization‐sensitive birefringent structures of two types by femtosecond laser pulses is described. Depending on the laser beam parameters, the orientation of the slow axis of birefringent structures can be either parallel or perpendicular to the polarization of the laser beam. The dependence of retardance and slow axis of birefringence on laser exposure parameters is revealed. The thermal stability of both types of structures is examined. The possibility of highly secure data storage based on the different thermal behavior of the laser‐modified region is demonstrated.