Abstract

The comparison on performance of passively Q-switched laser properties of continuous-grown composite ${\mathrm{GdVO}}_4/\mathrm{Nd}$:$\mathrm{Gd}\mathrm{V}{\mathrm{O}}_4$ and ${\mathrm{YVO}}_4/\mathrm{Nd}$:$\mathrm{Y}\mathrm{V}{\mathrm{O}}_4$ crystals under direct pumping to the emitting level was demonstrated. A ${\mathrm{Cr}}^{4+}$:YAG crystal was used as saturable absorber. At an incident pump power of $10\mathrm{W}$, the average output power, the pulse width, the repetition rate, the pulse energy, and the peak power for a ${\mathrm{GdVO}}_4/\mathrm{Nd}$:$\mathrm{Gd}\mathrm{V}{\mathrm{O}}_4$ laser were $1.22\mathrm{W}$, $48.1\mathrm{ns}$, $121\mathrm{kHz}$, $10.1\mathrm{\mu J}$, and $209.6\mathrm{W}$, respectively. And for a ${\mathrm{YVO}}_4/\mathrm{Nd}$:$\mathrm{Y}\mathrm{V}{\mathrm{O}}_4$ laser under the same conditions, these output characteristics were $1.26\mathrm{W}$, $44.9\mathrm{ns}$, $218\mathrm{kHz}$, $5.8\mathrm{\mu J}$, and $128.7\mathrm{W}$, respectively.

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