Population inversion in two-level system under continuous optical excitation

Roman V. Markov; Alexander I. Plekhanov; A. M. Shalagin

doi:10.1117/12.468934

29 May 2002 Population inversion in two-level system under continuous optical excitation

Roman V. Markov, Alexander I. Plekhanov, A. M. Shalagin

Proceedings Volume 4748, ICONO 2001: Fundamental Aspects of Laser-Matter Interaction and Physics of Nanostructures; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.468934
Event: XVII International Conference on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics (ICONO 2001), 2001, Minsk, Belarus

Abstract

Lasing on the sodium resonance transitions (D₁ and D₂ lines) at the superluminosity regime was observed upon the nonresonance excitation in the presence of a buffer gas. Dependences of the lasing intensity on the pump radiation intensity and its frequency detuning from the frequencies of resonance transitions were examined. It was found that under the specific experimental conditions (high buffer gas pressure, sufficiently high intensity of pump radiation) upon the large positive frequency detuning of pump radiation with respect to the frequency of resonance (working) transition, contrary to ingrained conceptions, population inversion for the working transition is raised. That results in observed phenomena.

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Roman V. Markov, Alexander I. Plekhanov, and A. M. Shalagin "Population inversion in two-level system under continuous optical excitation", Proc. SPIE 4748, ICONO 2001: Fundamental Aspects of Laser-Matter Interaction and Physics of Nanostructures, (29 May 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.468934

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