Provided is a diode-pumped solid-state laser adapted for an intracavity
sum-frequency mixing for generating a laser radiation of a visible
wavelength range by performing a sum-frequency mixing of two laser inputs
in a laser resonant cavity. A pair of laser resonators of two different
wavelengths are formed along a common optical path and an intracavity
sum-frequency mixing is conducted so as to obtain a laser radiation at a
sum-frequency wavelength by placing a nonlinear optical crystal on this
common optical path. By suitably selecting the properties of the
reflective surfaces that form the laser resonators, a laser radiation of
a relatively short wavelength range can be obtained even though the
wavelength of the pumping laser beam is relatively long, and an extremely
high conversion efficiency can be achieved.