Mode-locking of a diode-pumped Yb:CLNGG laser using single-walled carbon nanotube saturable absorber

A diode-pumped Yb:CLNGG laser is mode-locked with a single-walled carbon nanotube saturable absorber achieving pulse durations as short as 90 fs at ~1049 nm and maximum average output power of 90 mW at 83 MHz.