[en] We report a tunable single-longitudinal-mode laser based on a wedged Nd:YVO₄ gain medium and a YVO₄ wave-plate. By taking advantage of the natural birefringence of YVO₄ and adopting different cutting methods, a wedged Nd:YVO₄ crystal acts as an ideal polarizer by the alignment sensitivity of the optical resonator, and a YVO₄ crystal is used as a wave-plate by adjusting the temperature. A theoretical analysis of the single- longitudinal-mode operation of such a laser configuration is presented. The wavelength can be continuously tuned by the temperature at approximately 0.025 nm/°C, and the temperature tuning ranges of single-longitudinal-mode operation at pump powers of 1 W and 2 W are from 12 °C to 30 °C and from 11 °C to 26 °C, respectively. The maximum single-longitudinal-mode output power with linear polarization is 762 mW at a pump power of 2.2 W with a slope efficiency of 40%.