title: High-repetition-rate and short-pulse-width electro-optical cavity-dumped YVO₄/Nd:GdVO₄ laser.
abstract: In this paper, an electro-optical cavity-dumped 1.06 μm laser using YVO4/Nd:GdVO4 composite crystal under 808 nm diode-laser pumping was reported. Theoretical calculations showed that the temperature distribution in YVO4/Nd:GdVO4 crystal was lower than that in GdVO4/Nd:GdVO4 and Nd:GdVO4 crystals under the same conditions. A constant 3.8±0.3  ns pulse width was obtained and the repetition rate could reach up to 50 kHz with a maximum average output power of 5.6 W and slope efficiency of 40.7%, corresponding to a peak power of 31.1 kW.
authors.forename: Yufei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Xudong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Renpeng
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Rongwei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Jiangbo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Xinrui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yunchang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sun