The 1319 nm lasers have important research value and application prospects in optical communications, biomedicine and nonlinear frequency conversion. Currently, there are few reports of high power 1319 nm continuous lasers with high beam quality. We have demonstrated a high output power, high beam quality 1319 nm continuous-wave laser by laser diode end-pumped Nd:YAG slab with a stable-unstable hybrid resonator. With a pumping power of 477 W, an output of 96.8 W was obtained with a slope efficiency of 26.5% and stability of 0.27%. A single wavelength laser operation at 1318.7 nm was demonstrated. At an output of 91.1 W, the beam quality factors M2 in stable and unstable directions were 2.95 and 1.88, respectively.
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