achieving pulses as short as 98 fs with an average power as high as 50 mW. In continuous-
wave operation, we demonstrate 140 mW of output power with a tunability of 100 nm FWHM.
These results were achieved by use of lower Cr^ 3+ doping (1.5%), high-brightness diode
lasers pumping from both sides of the crystal, and a low-loss antiresonant Fabry–Perot
saturable absorber to start and sustain mode-locked operation.