Nd:YAG lasers are optically pumped using a flashtube or laser diodes.

Solid state lasing media are typically optically pumped, using either a flashlamp or arc lamp, or by laser diodes.

Each beamline contains two main glass amplifiers, which are optically pumped using xenon flashlamps.

The doped fiber is optically pumped with a second laser wavelength that is coupled into the line in addition to the signal wave.

Numerous other companies and organizations world-wide have adopted the optically pumped architecture for its simplicity.

This means that, if the laser is optically pumped, the frequency of the pumping light must be greater than that of the resulting laser light.

Raman lasers are optically pumped.

These materials are pumped optically using a shorter wavelength than the lasing wavelength, often from a flashtube or from another laser.

VCSELs at even higher wavelengths are experimental and usually optically pumped.

Since the sides of the cavity did not need to be reflective, the gain medium could easily be optically pumped to achieve the necessary population inversion.