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Physical Review A

Gain and diffusion in an inversionless laser

Khalid Zaheer

Published Apr 1, 1994• 2 citations
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Abstract

In this paper, a quantum theory of an inversionless laser is presented. The gain medium is considered to consist of three-level atoms in a closed \ensuremath{\Lambda} configuration, with a lower-level microwave coupling. By deriving an equation of motion for the reduced density matrix for the two modes of the field, gain and diffusion are studied. In particular, two mechanisms through which inversionless amplification takes place in the context of this model, namely, the suppression of absorption and mode coupling, are discussed. Stable conditions for inversionless amplification and the attendant phase diffusion are discussed and a comparison is made with conventional, inversion-based lasers. It is shown that lasing without inversion does not necessarily result in a reduced linewidth compared to a conventional laser.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.49.2914

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Quantum mechanical theory of a non-degenerate correlated emission laser in a four-level atomic system in the double-Λ configuration is presented. It is shown that the mode coupling gains in this model have a phase-sensitive nature so that the spontaneous emission events in the two modes are highly correlated in such a way that the relative phase diffusion coefficient can vanish under certain conditions. Also, because of mode coupling and for a certain range of atomic population in the upper atomic levels, lasing without inversion and correlated emission take place simultaneously. Stability conditions and the steady-state modal ratio are derived and it is shown that this ratio remains stable and for this stationary value of the modal ratio both the modes amplify with equal gains.
We analyze a laser system consisting of N closed three-level atoms confined in a single-mode cavity and derive the conditions for the onset of lasing without inversion or with inversion. We calculate the steady-state gain and lasing in the system and show that far above the lasing threshold, depending on the pumping and decay rates, the inversionless laser may operate in three different regimes, where the intensity of the laser depends linearly on N, is proportional to \ensuremath{\surd}N , or independent of N.
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A model for an open four-level atomic system driven by two fields is presented.Density matrix equations of motion are obtained by electric dipole and rotating wave approximations.Physical mechanism of lasing without inversion(LWI) is discussed.Effects of detuning on gain without inversion and population difference are studied.Dispersion equals to zero as two driving and probe fields are resonant.As one driving field(probe field) is resonant,the gain and the population difference versus detuning of driving field(probe field)show even symmetry,and the dispersion shows central symmetry.As two or three of driving and probe fields are off-resonance,the symmetries disappear.LWI gain is obtained when the dispersion equals to zero.When both driving and probe fields are off-resonance,the gain,the dispersion and the population difference change greatly.High dispersion without absorption is obtained by adjusting suitable parameters of the system.