Abstract
Broad-stripe-laser-diode-pumped, passively mode-locked Yb3+:Y2O3 and Yb3+:Lu2O3 ceramic lasers have successfully generated >188fs pulses with <352mW average power. To our knowledge this is the shortest pulse generation from Yb-doped sesquioxide lasers and ceramic lasers ever reported.
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