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Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 3235–3238 (1993)

Atomic coherence effects within the sodium D1 line: Lasing without inversion via population trapping

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Edward S. Fry, Xingfu Li, Dmitri Nikonov, G. G. Padmabandu, Marlan O. Scully, Arlie V. Smith, Frank K. Tittel, Ching Wang, Steve R. Wilkinson, and Shi-Yao Zhu
Texas Laser Laboratory, HARC, 4800 Research Forest Drive, The Woodlands, Texas 77381
Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
Center for Advanced Study and Department of Physics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, W-8046 Garching, Germany
Department of Electrical Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251
Sandia National Laboratory, Department 1128, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185

Received 16 February 1993; published in the issue dated 24 May 1993

Atomic coherence effects within the sodium D1 line are shown to lead to the suppression of optical pumping, to the switching of light on and off when the coherence effects are turned on and off, and especially to lasing without inversion.

© 1993 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.3235
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.3235
PACS:
42.50.-p, 42.55.-f
 
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