Title :
Wave impedance of the linear resonant gain medium characterized by a Doppler broadened Lorentz line
Author_Institution :
University of California, Irvine, CA
Abstract :
The wave impedance of a partially homogeneously broadened gas-laser amplifier is formulated by using the Voigt function and its Hilbert conjugate. The impedance of a typical high-gain gaslaser amplifier is evaluated.
Keywords :
Conducting materials; Dielectric losses; Frequency; Gain; Gas lasers; Impedance; Optical amplifiers; Permeability; Permittivity; Resonance;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/PROC.1977.10679