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Experimental Observation of Stabilization and Lasing Death via Asymmetric Gain

Optics 2013-09-17 v1

Abstract

Using a pair of coupled LRC cavities we experimentally demonstrate that instabilities and amplification action can be tamed by a spatially inhomogenous gain. Specifically we observe the counter-intuitive phenomenon of stabilization of the system even when the overall gain provided is increased. This behavior is directly related to lasing death via asymmetric pumping, recently proposed in [M. Liertzer {\it et al}., Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 108}, 173901 (2012)]. The stability analysis of other simple systems reveals the universal nature of the lasing death phenomenon.

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@article{arxiv.1309.3624,
  title  = {Experimental Observation of Stabilization and Lasing Death via Asymmetric Gain},
  author = {M. Chitsazi and S. Factor and J. Schindler and H. Ramezani and F. M. Ellis and T. Kottos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.3624},
  year   = {2013}
}