• DocumentCode
    1124535
  • Title

    On the theory of a Zeeman laser

  • Author

    Hammerling, Peter

  • Author_Institution
    Brandeis Univ., Waltham, Mass.
  • Volume
    3
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1967
  • fDate
    12/1/1967 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    662
  • Lastpage
    664
  • Abstract
    The theory of an optical maser in the presence of an external static magnetic field has been discussed recently by several authors. It is shown here that a considerable simplification of the theory results when one uses a tensor operator expansion of the density matrix describing the system.
  • Keywords
    Atom optics; Atomic beams; Helium; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Magnetic fields; Masers; Matrices; Polarization; Tensile stress;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1967.1074442
  • Filename
    1074442