A composite wave plate method based sum frequency laser comprises a semi-conductor laser body, a coupling lens, a laser gain medium and an output mirror, wherein the semi-conductor laser body emits ump light, the pump light enters the laser gain medium through the coupling lens, the laser gain medium forms spontaneous radiation, the left end face of the laser gain medium and the output mirror are respectively plated with a double-spectral-line total reflection film, a resonant cavity of the laser is formed between the laser gain medium and the output mirror, a composite wave plate is arranged in the resonant cavity and is composed of a full-wave plate which enables spectrum line to have a weak gain and a quarter wave plate which enables a spectrum line to have a strong gain, radiation strength of different laser spectrum lines can be adjusted through the composite wave plate, dual-wavelength simultaneous oscillation starting is achieved, and then intracavity sum frequency is carried out through a nonlinear crystal. The composite wave plate method based sum frequency laser has the advantages of being high in light-light conversion efficiency, compact in structure, stable in performance, low in cost and the like and has wide practicability.