• DocumentCode
    733061
  • Title

    Laser eigenvalue, coherence time, Q-factor, and linewidth

  • Author

    Pollnau, Markus ; Eichhorn, Marc

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Dept. of Mater. & Nano-Phys., KTH (R. Inst. of Technol.), Kista, Sweden
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We generalize the theory of continuous-wave lasers by considering spontaneous emission in the photon rate equation. We relate the laser coherence time, Q-factor, and linewidth to the passive-resonator parameters, thereby unifying resonator and laser theory.
  • Keywords
    Q-factor; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; light coherence; spontaneous emission; continuous-wave laser theory; laser Q-factor; laser coherence time; laser eigenvalue; laser linewidth; passive-resonator parameters; photon rate equation; spontaneous emission; Coherence; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Lasers; Optical resonators; Q-factor; Spontaneous emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183498