A laser system is constructed so that a solid-state laser beam emitted
from an Nd:YAG laser unit and a laser diode beam emitted from a combining
LD which oscillates in a wavelength range shorter than that of the
solid-state laser beam are combined by a dichroic beam splitter, the
resultant beam is guided to an optical fiber, and a workpiece is
irradiated with the combining LD beam and the solid-state laser beam with
absolute irradiation positions and irradiation shapes of the beams almost
matched each other. Thus, problems of high cost and high power
consumption of the laser system due to low energy conversion efficiency,
which become problems in a high-output high-luminance solid-state laser
unit can be solved.