Title :
A Microlaser Pumped by Atoms in Polarized States
Author :
Chough, Young-Tak ; An, Kyungwon
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Opt. Commun. & Electron. Eng., Gwangju Univ., Gwangju
Abstract :
A microlaser pumped by atoms in various initial states is studied in the unsaturated gain limit. It turns out that the greatest gain is achieved not by the inverted atoms but by the polarized atoms. Also the photon number fluctuation is smallest in case of the polarized state pumping.
Keywords :
laser theory; microcavity lasers; quantum optics; inverted atoms; photon number fluctuation; polarized atoms; polarized states; pumped microlaser; Algorithm design and analysis; Atom optics; Energy states; Equations; Fluctuations; Optical fiber communication; Optical polarization; Optical resonators; Physics; Quantum mechanics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1173-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1174-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391564
