EXPONENTIAL GAIN AND SELF-BUNCHING IN A COLLECTIVE ATOMIC RECOIL LASER

Authors
BONIFACIO R DESALVO L NARDUCCI LM DANGELO EJ
Citation
R. Bonifacio et al., EXPONENTIAL GAIN AND SELF-BUNCHING IN A COLLECTIVE ATOMIC RECOIL LASER, Physical review. A, 50(2), 1994, pp. 1716-1724
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
50
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Part
B
Pages
1716 - 1724
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1994)50:2<1716:EGASIA>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We show how a collection of noninverted two-level systems, under the a ction of a quasiresonant pump field, can produce an exponential amplif ication of a probe signal through the mechanism of a dynamical instabi lity with spatial seIf-bunching in a way very similar to that experien ced by a high-gain free-electron laser. We offer a detailed descriptio n of this phenomenon, specify the conditions under which it takes plac e, and sketch possible experimental parameters for its observation in a gaseous medium.