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This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. PHY94-15583 and ECS-9014481
Published In
Journal of Applied Physics
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-1998
Subjects
Electromagnetic waves -- Mathematical models, Lasers, Electromagnetic waves -- Measurement
Abstract
General analytical solutions are obtained for the amplitude, phase, and intensity of the electromagnetic waves in bidirectional homogeneously broadened high-gain laser amplifiers and oscillators. These solutions are important as increasingly high-gain lasers are being employed in practical systems. Expressions are derived relating the output power to the input, including the effects of arbitrary mirror reflectivities and frequency detunings from the line center. For negligible reflectivities, these regenerative amplifier results reduce to earlier expressions for single-pass high-gain amplifiers. Multivalued outputs also occur, and in the limit of low gain per pass the results are consistent with earlier studies of single-frequency laser oscillators.
DOI
10.1063/1.366999
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/8222
Citation Details
Azadeh, M., & Casperson, L. W. (1998). Field solutions for bidirectional high-gain laser amplifiers and oscillators. Journal Of Applied Physics, 83(5), 2399.
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* At the time of publication Lee W. Casperson was affiliated with the University of Rochester