For Nd:YVO4, the typical laser emission wavelength is 1064 nm, i.e., the same as for Nd:YAG. Other important emission wavelengths are 914 and 1342 nm. The latter emission line is much stronger than the corresponding 1.32-μm line in Nd:YAG, thus allowing for much better performance in 1.3-μm operation.
Compared with Nd:YAG, Nd:YVO4 exhibits a much higher pump absorption and gain (due to the very high absorption and laser cross sections), a broader gain bandwidth (around 1 nm), a much broader wavelength range for pumping (often eliminating the need to stabilize the pump wavelength), a shorter upper-state lifetime (≈ 100 μs for not too high neodymium concentrations), a higher refractive index, a lower thermal conductivity, and birefringence.