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We report optical cooling of a novel rare earth doped oxide-only silica glass fabricated using the modified chemical vapour deposition (MCVD) technique. An ytterbium concentration in silica glass of up to 6.55 x 10^26 ions/m^3 was achieved without compromising its optical properties. Samples were cooled to -0.8 K from room temperature (RT) at atmospheric pressure with pump power of 7 W at 1029 nm. We report experimental results on other RE dopants in oxide-only silica glass. Our approach opens possibilities not only for high efficiency laser cooling, but also in radiation balanced lasers, and compact high-power lasers and amplifiers.
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