Nd:GdVO4 crystal

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Nd:GdVO4, is a promising material for diode pumped lasers. Similar to the more well-known Nd:YVO4 crystal, Nd:GdVO4 crystal also exhibits high gain, low threshold, and high absorption coefficients at pumping wavelengths. Nd:GdVO4 has the additional advantage over Nd:YVO4 of a much higher thermal conductivity. For CW lasing at 1.06 um and 1.34 um and intracavity doubling with KTP and LBO, the gadolinium vanadate have produced a higher slope efficiency or optical conversion than Nd:YVO4. UPT’s Nd:GdVO4 is featured by • Large stimulated emission cross section at laser wavelength; • High absorption coefficient and wide bandwidth at pump wavelength; • Low dependency on pump wavelength; • Good thermal conductivity; • Low lasing threshold and high slope efficiency; • High laser induced damage threshold; • Strongly-polarized laser output.