Journal of Crystal Growth, Vol.216, No.1-4, 367-371, 2000
Growth of lowly Nd doped GdVO4 single crystal and its laser properties
In this paper, low concentration Nd-doped GdVO4 was successfully grown by the Czochralski method. The laser output up to 14.25 W at 1.06 mu m was obtained with a 3 mm x 3 mm x 4 mm Nd:GdVO4 crystal sample when it was pumped by a cw fiber-coupled laser diode (LD). The doubling green laser output power up to 3.3 W at 0.53 mu m was also achieved with a 3 mm x 3 mm x 4 mm Nd:GdVO4 crystal sample and a 3 mm x 3 mm x 11mm KTiOPO4 (KTP) crystal sample when pumped by the same LD. Some properties of the Nd:GdVO4 crystal are compared with that of the Nd:YVO4 crystal.