Effects of spatially nonuniform gain on lasing modes in weakly scattering random systems

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Andreasen, Jonathan ^a,c   Vanneste, Christian ^b   Ge, Li ^a   Cao, Hui ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAIN DISTRIBUTION; GAIN SATURATION; LASING MODES; LOCAL DENSITY; MODE COMPETITION; NON-UNIFORM GAIN; NONUNIFORM; PASSIVE SYSTEMS; QUASIMODES; RANDOM SYSTEMS; SPATIAL NONUNIFORMITY;

EID: 77951141486     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.043818     Document Type: Article

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