Acta Physica Sinica

LANGEVINIAN THEORY OF TWO-PHOTON LASERS BY OPTICAL PUMPING

Xiangming Hu, Wang Dexin, 华中师范大学物理系,武汉,430070

Published Jan 1, 1992• 0 citations

Abstract

In this paper, a two-photon laser by optical pumping, with two-photon losses, is studied by means of the Langevinian theory, the langevinian equation is obtained. Then the steady-state average photon number, the frequency pulling, the linewidth and the dynamical Stark effect are obtained. From the analysis of the gain, it is shown that, for the incoherent pumping, only the two-step process of single-and two-photon gives contribution. And for the coherent pumping, in addition, the one-step process of single and two-photon also contributes. And two processes are confined by the negative-feedback and saturation. The linewidth is independent of the steady state average photon number.

DOI: 10.7498/aps.41.437

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