Title | Giant pulse lasing in three-level systems |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 1999 |
Authors | Mompart, J, Corbalán, R, Vilaseca, R |
Journal | Phys. Rev. A |
Volume | 59 |
Pagination | 3038–3043 |
Date Published | Apr |
Abstract | We propose an alternative method to Q switching for generating giant pulses of laser light in three-level media. This mehod is based on the presence of an external coherent field driving one transition to allow the accumulation of a large population inversion in the other transition without laser oscillation even in a cavity with high-Q factor. The switching off of the external coherent field causes the development of the giant pulse. Different time profiles for the switching off of the external field have been investigated. |
URL | https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.59.3038 |
DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.59.3038 |
