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Annalen der Physik

Forward‐Backward Coupling in Superfluorescence

Heinz Steudel

Published Jan 1, 1991• 2 citations
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Abstract

Abstract It is shown that — within the framework of an idealized model with taking into account backscattering at density fluctuations — there is a number NK of atoms such that for an atomic number N ≫ NK forward‐backward independence will be found while N ≪ NK leads to synchronized superfluorescence pulses in both directions.
DOI
10.1002/andp.19915030808

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