Threshold of a random laser based on Raman gain in cold atoms
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Threshold of a random laser based on Raman gain in cold atoms.
We address the problem of achieving a random laser with a cloud of cold atoms, in which gain and scattering are provided by the same atoms. In this system, the elastic scattering cross-section is related to the complex atomic polarizability. As a consequence, the random laser threshold is expressed as a function of this polarizability, which can be fully determined by spectroscopic measurements...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Optics Express
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1094-4087
DOI: 10.1364/oe.17.011236