THE EFFECTS OF SPATIAL HOLE BURNING AND ENERGY DIFFUSION ON THE SINGLE-MODE OPERATION OF STANDING-WAVE LASERS

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ZAYHOWSKI, JJ
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[1] Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington
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10.1109/3.64339
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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A simple function is derived which gives the ratio of the maximum single-longitudinal-mode inversion density to the threshold inversion density for a standing-wave laser in terms of the cavity geometry and material parameters. This function accounts for the effects of spatial hole burning and energy diffusion, and can be used as a practical guideline in the design of single-frequency lasers.
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