Title :
Coherence experiments- in a random color center laser system
Author :
Li, Bing ; Rand, S.C.
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci. Dept., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI
Abstract :
We measured spatial and temporal coherence of stimulated emission from color centers in alumina nanopowder. Spectral quenching, exponential output and increased coherence length above the inversion threshold result from random amplification by point defects
Keywords :
alumina; colour centre lasers; colour centres; light coherence; nanoparticles; stimulated emission; Al2O3; alumina nanopowder; coherence length; point defects; random amplification; random color center laser system; spatial coherence; spectral quenching; stimulated emission; temporal coherence;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4