The study of thermo-mechanical and -optical properties of GdVO4 and YVO4
In this work we summarized thermal characteristics of YVO<sub>4</sub> with comparative study of GdVO<sub>4</sub> by using of carefully evaluated kappa, alpha, dn/dT, thermal heat capacity coefficient dC<sub>p</sub>/dT, and thermal conductivity coefficient dkappa/dT. In conclusion, we summarized thermo-mechanical and -optical parameters of GdVO<sub>4</sub> and YVO<sub>4</sub>, and we found that the performance of YVO<sub>4</sub> was thermally comparable to GdVO<sub>4</sub> from the discussion by using of the figures of merits as kappa/alpha and kappa/(dn/dT).