Diode-pumped lasers offer several benefits compared to flash lamp pumped ones.

• Diode-pumped lasers are efficient. Hence, only small power supplies are required and both the electricity consumption and the cooling demands are reduced drastically, compared to those of flash lamp pumped lasers.
  
  
  
• Laser diodes are well known for their long life expectancy, compared to flash lamps and thus also generate longer maintenance intervals.
  
  
  
• Diode pumped lasers are very compact due to their smaller pump sources and cooling systems, leading to a laser system which is more convenient to use.
  
  
  
• The miniaturized 3mikron lasers offer excellent efficiency, beam quality, stability, and reliability.
  
  
  
• 3mikron offers a high level of flexibility by adapting the individual laser parameters (pulse energy, pulse duration, repetition rate).
  
  
  
• No high voltage is required as opposed to flash lamp pumped laser systems.