Experimental study of continuous wave and Q switched laser performances of Ho:YV

In this letter, we report a Ho:YVO4 laser pumped by a 1.94-μm laser in both continuous-wave (CW) and Q-switched modes. The output performance of the Ho:YVO4 laser is compared with different output coupler transmissions. By use of the output coupler transmissions of T=30%, we obtain the maximum CW ou