“…Yttrium ortho-vanadate (YVO 4 ) doped with rare earth, such as Nd, Er, Yb, is widely used for compact diode pumped solid state lasers as it offers several advantages like high slope efficiency, low laser threshold, wide pumping bandwidth and linearly polarized emission [1]. In recent years, lot of research work is also focused on making such laser crystals multifunctional by introduction of co-dopants like Cr for self-frequency-doubling, self-mode locking, self Qswitching etc., as these lead to compactness, low loss, and, moreover, simplicity in the laser design.…”