We present a high-power diode-pumped $\mathrm{Yb}\text{:}\mathrm{Ca}{\mathrm{F}}_2$ laser operating at cryogenic temperature ( $77\mathrm{K}$ ). A laser output power of $97\mathrm{W}$ at $1034\mathrm{nm}$ was extracted for a pump power of $245\mathrm{W}$ . The corresponding global extraction efficiency (versus absorbed pump power) is 65%. The laser small signal gain was found to be equal to 3.1. The laser wavelength could be tuned between 990 and $1052\mathrm{nm}$ with peaks that correspond well to the structure of the gain cross-section spectra registered at low temperature.

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