Thispaperinvestigatesthetemperaturefielddistributionandthermalfocallengthwithinalaserdiodearray(LDA)end-pumpedYVO4/Nd:YVO4rectangularcompositecrystal.AgeneralexpressionofthetemperaturefielddistributionwithintheNd:YVO4rectangularcrystalwasobtainedbyanalysingthecharacteristicsoftheNd:YVO4crystalandsolvingthePoissonequationwithboundaryconditions.ThetemperaturefielddistributionsintheNd:YVO4rectangularcrystalfortheYVO4/Nd:YVO4compositecrystalandtheNd:YVO4singlecrystalareresearchedrespec-tively.CalculatingthethermalfocallengthwithintheNd:YVO4rectangularcrystalwasdonebyananalysisoftheadditionalopticalpathdifferences(OPD)causedbyheat,whichwasveryidenticalwithexperimentalresultsinthispaper.ResearchresultsshowthatthemaximumrelativetemperatureontherearfaceoftheNd:YVO4crystalinthecompositecrystalis150Kandthethermalfocallengthis35.7mmwhentheoutputpoweroftheLDAis22W.Inthesamecircumstances,theexperimentalvalueofthethermalfocallengthis37.4mm.Sotherelativeerrorbetweenthetheoreticalanalysisandtheexperimentalresultisonly4.5%.Withthesameconditions,thethermalfocallengthoftheNd:YVO4singlecrystalis18.5mm.SotherelativerateofthethermalfocallengthbetweentheYVO4/Nd:YVO4crystalandtheNd:YVO4crystalis93%.So,thethermalstabilityoftheoutputpowerandthebeamqualityoftheYVO4/Nd:YVO4laserismoreadvantageousthanthelaserwithNd:YVO4singlecrystal.
