Passively mode-locked Nd:YAlO/sub 3/ lasers at 930 nm and 1341 nm

We report on passively mode-locked Nd:YAlO lasers producing Fourier-limited 1.7 ps long pulses with an average output-power of 1.7 W at 930 nm and 0.5 W at 1341 nm in diffraction-limited beams at a repetition-rate of 160 MHz