Patent ID: 6987789

Claim:
A laser apparatus producing a laser beam, said apparatus comprising: one or more first side laser disks and one or more first side laser pump devices disposed in an alternating fashion on a first side of a pump cavity; and one or more second side laser disks and one or more second side laser pump devices disposed in an alternating fashion on a second side of the pump cavity; wherein each first side laser disk of said one or more first side laser disks is disposed to receive pump energy from a corresponding one of said one or more second side laser pump devices and each second side laser disk of said one or more second side laser disks is disposed to receive pump energy from a corresponding one of said one or more first side laser pump devices and wherein the laser beam propagates within the pump cavity from each first side laser disk to a second side laser disk adjacent to the corresponding second side laser pump device for the first side laser disk and from each second side laser disk to a first side laser disk adjacent to the corresponding first side laser pump device for the second side laser disk.