Degenerate quantum-beat laser: Lasing without inversion and inversion without lasing

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Authors

Marlan O. Scully · University of New Mexico

Athanasios Gavrielides · Kirtland Air Force Base

Abstract

A single lasing mode driven by a three-level ``quantum-beat'' atomic configuration can show gain without population inversion or optical absorption into an excited state without spontaneous or stimulated emission.

Topics & Keywords

Quantum optics and atomic interactions Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Reduced inequalities

Publication Details

Published in: Physical Review Letters

Volume 62, Issue 24, pp. 2813-2816

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.62.2813

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