Intrinsically irreversible multiphoton laser gain mechanisms

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1432-1435

  Sellin, P B ^a   Yu, C C ^a   Bochinski, J R ^a   Mossberg, T W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMS; BARIUM; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHOTONS;

LASER GAIN; POPULATION INVERSION; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; STIMULATED EMISSION;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 0031075650     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.1432     Document Type: Article

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