NONADIABATIC LINEWIDTH OF A LAMBDA-TYPE NONINVERSION LASER

被引:6
作者
FLEISCHHAUER, M
RATHE, U
SCULLY, MO
机构
[1] HOUSTON ADV RES CTR, TEXAS LASER LAB, THE WOODLANDS, TX 77381 USA
[2] TEXAS A&M UNIV, DEPT PHYS, COLLEGE STN, TX 77843 USA
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1994年 / 50卷 / 02期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.50.1748
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The linewidth of a LAMBDA-type noninversion laser is calculated on the basis of a c-number Langevin approach in lowest order of the laser field. It is shown that the system behaves in general-that is, also in the good-cavity limit-nonadiabatically. In the nonadiabatic regime a substantial deviation of the laser linewidth from the Schawlow-Townes formula is found and a simple interpretation is given.
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页码:1748 / 1754
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