Physical Review A
Change from an inversion laser to a noninversion laser due to a phase-fluctuation effect
Shangqing Gong, Zhizhan Xu, Zhengquan Zhang, Shao-hua Pan
Abstract
Lasing without or with population inversion in a simple three-level atomic system has been analyzed by taking into account the effect of phase fluctuations in the driving field. An interesting phenomenon has been found: When the driving field is not very intense, a change from inversion laser to noninversion laser behavior can occur as the driving field linewidth increases.