Towards a random laser with cold atoms

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Guerin, W ^a   Mercadier, N ^a   Michaud, F ^a,e   Brivio, D ^a,f   Froufe Perez L S ^b   Carminati, R ^c   Eremeev, V ^d   Goetschy, A ^d   Skipetrov, S E ^d   Kaiser, R ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^e OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cold atoms; Random laser

Indexed keywords

COLD ATOMS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; LASER-COOLED ATOMS; PRACTICAL REALIZATIONS; PUMPING SCHEMES; RANDOM LASERS; SCATTERING CROSS SECTION;

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); LASER BEAMS; PUMPS; SCATTERING; STIMULATED EMISSION; ATOMS; LASER COOLING;

ATOMS; ATOM LASERS;

EID: 75849134480     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/12/2/024002     Document Type: Article

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