ATOMIC COHERENCE EFFECTS WITHIN THE SODIUM D1 LINE - LASING WITHOUT INVERSION VIA POPULATION TRAPPING

Authors
FRY ES LI XF NIKONOV D PADMABANDU GG SCULLY MO SMITH AV TITTEL FK WANG C WILKINSON SR ZHU SY
Citation
Es. Fry et al., ATOMIC COHERENCE EFFECTS WITHIN THE SODIUM D1 LINE - LASING WITHOUT INVERSION VIA POPULATION TRAPPING, Physical review letters, 70(21), 1993, pp. 3235-3238
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
70
Issue
21
Year of publication
1993
Pages
3235 - 3238
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1993)70:21<3235:ACEWTS>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Atomic coherence effects within the sodium D1 line are shown to lead t o the suppression of optical pumping, to the switching of light on and off when the coherence effects are turned on and off, and especially to lasing without inversion.