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Reflection-free distributed feedback in two-photon stimulated emission

Лев Абрамович Ривлин

Published Jun 30, 1996• 0 citations
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Abstract

Phase-matched energy exchange between counterpropagating waves in the course of stimulated two-photon emission is considered. This exchange determines complex dynamics of a laser and is equivalent to a dynamic nonlinear distributed feedback in the absence of any reflecting or periodically scattering structures.
DOI
10.1070/qe1996v026n06abeh000717

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