• DocumentCode
    1770327
  • Title

    Photon lifetime and the linewidth in a superluminal laser

  • Author

    Scheuer, Jacob ; Shahriar, M.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of EE, Tel-Aviv Univ., Tel-Aviv, Israel
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present a theoretical analysis of the cavity lifetime of a superluminal laser. In contrast to the naive intuition, the lifetime is only slightly shorter than that of conventional lasers, facilitating ultra-sensitive sensors.
  • Keywords
    laser cavity resonators; remote sensing by laser beam; superradiance; cavity lifetime; linewidth; photon lifetime; superluminal laser; ultrasensitive sensors; Cavity resonators; Laser modes; Laser theory; Photonics; Power lasers; Sensors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988860