Patent ID: 8520713

Claim:
A pumped solid-state laser, comprising: a solid-state lasing material, the solid-state lasing material having a first side facing an addressable array of surface emitting laser (SEL) elements including a first set of one or more optical coatings that are transmissible to a pumping wavelength of the array of SEL elements and reflective to a solid-state wavelength of the solid-state lasing material, the solid-state lasing material having a second side facing away from the array of SEL elements including a second set of one or more optical coatings that are transmissible to the solid-state wavelength and reflective to the pumping wavelength; a cavity mirror placed adjacent to the second side of the solid-state lasing material, the cavity mirror having an input side including a third set of one or more optical coatings that are transmissive to the solid-state wavelength and an output side including a fourth set of one or more optical coatings that are partially transmissive to the solid-state wavelength; and the addressable array of SEL elements being arranged adjacent to the solid-state lasing material and configured to pump the solid-state lasing material to produce one or more laser beams as an output of the solid-state lasing material.