NONADIABATIC LINEWIDTH OF A LAMBDA-TYPE NONINVERSION LASER

Authors
FLEISCHHAUER M RATHE U SCULLY MO
Citation
M. Fleischhauer et al., NONADIABATIC LINEWIDTH OF A LAMBDA-TYPE NONINVERSION LASER, Physical review. A, 50(2), 1994, pp. 1748-1754
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
50
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Part
B
Pages
1748 - 1754
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1994)50:2<1748:NLOALN>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
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 fi eld. It is shown that the system behaves in general-that is, also in t he good-cavity limit-nonadiabatically. In the nonadiabatic regime a su bstantial deviation of the laser linewidth from the Schawlow-Townes fo rmula is found and a simple interpretation is given.