Title :
Unexpected population inversions on both optical transitions via the effect of spontaneous emission-induced coherence of a ladder system
Author :
Ma, Hongmei ; Gong, Shangqing ; Liu, Chengpu ; Sun, Zhenrong ; Xu, Zhizhan
Author_Institution :
Lab. for High Intensity Opt., Shanghai Inst. of Opt. & Fine Mech., China
Abstract :
We study the effect of spontaneous emission-induced coherence on population inversion in a ladder-type three-level system. We show that this kind of coherence can lead to unexpected population inversions on both of the optical transitions.
Keywords :
laser transitions; light coherence; population inversion; spontaneous emission; ladder-type three-level system; optical transitions; population inversions; spontaneous emission-induced coherence; Atom optics; Coherence; Equations; Interference; Laboratories; Magnetic resonance; Optical tuning; Spectroscopy; Steady-state; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7766-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1274691
