LASING WITHOUT INVERSION VIA THE LAMBDA-QUANTUM-BEAT LASER IN THE COLLISION-DOMINATED REGIME

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作者
FILL, EE [1 ]
SCULLY, MO [1 ]
ZHU, SY [1 ]
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[1] MAX PLANCK INST QUANTUM OPT,W-8046 GARCHING,GERMANY
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10.1016/0030-4018(90)90456-4
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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It is shown that even in the collision dominated region, atomic absorption in a lambda quantum beat laser can be completely or partially cancelled. The cancellation is due to the atomic coherence between the two lower levels, which is realized by using a Raman process or a microwave field. In the Raman process case, complete cancellation is possible. In the microwave case, even with up to 80% population in the lower levels, laser gain is predicted. © 1990.
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