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Abstract-The continuous-wave laser operation of Nd-doped tetragonal NaLa(WO 4 ) 2 crystal is studied at room temperature by optical pumping in the spectral region overlapping AlGaAs diode laser emission. This crystal has inhomogenously broadened optical bands. From the room-temperature spectroscopic parameters determined it is found that the optimum Nd concentration for the 4 3 2 4 laser channels must be in the 3-5 at.% range. For = 11 2 and 13 2 channels ( 1 06 and 1.3 m) the most favourable polarization configuration is parallel to the crystallographic axis, while for = 9 2 little polarization dependence of the laser efficiency is predicted. Laser operation was achieved with a 3.35 at.% Nd-doped sample grown by the Czochralski method. The laser operation was tested in an hemispherical optical cavity pumped by a Ti:sapphire laser. Stimulated emission at = 1056 nm was achieved for a wide spectral pumping range, = 790-820 nm. Stimulated Raman scattering was achieved in the picosecond regime with an efficiency similar to that of monoclinic KY(WO 4 ) 2 reference compound.