Using quantum coherence to generate gain in the xuv and x-ray: Gain-swept superradiance and lasing without inversion

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 541-553

  Sete, Eyob A ^a   Svidzinsky, Anatoly A ^a   Rostovtsev, Yuri V ^b   Eleuch, Hichem ^a   Jha, Pankaj K ^a   Suckewer, Szymon ^c   Scully, Marlan O ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme ultraviolet (XUV); gain swept superradiance (GSS); lasing without inversion (LWI); quantum coherence; X ray

Indexed keywords

COMMON FEATURES; EXCITED ATOMS; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLETS; GAIN-SWEPT SUPERRADIANCE (GSS); HE ATOMS; HE-LIKE IONS; LASER AMPLIFIERS; LASING WITHOUT INVERSION; LASING WITHOUT INVERSION (LWI); POPULATION INVERSIONS; QUANTUM COHERENCE; SUPER-RADIANT EMISSIONS; THREE LEVEL SYSTEMS; TRANSIENT GAIN; TWO-LEVEL ATOM;

LASER EXCITATION; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION;

SUPERRADIANCE;

EID: 84856957777     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2011.2135339     Document Type: Article

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