Mechanisms for Lasing with Cold Atoms as the Gain Medium
Atomic Physics
2008-08-30 v3 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Optics
Abstract
We realize a laser with a cloud of cold rubidium atoms as gain medium, placed in a low-finesse cavity. Three different regimes of laser emission are observed corresponding respectively to Mollow, Raman and Four Wave Mixing mechanisms. We measure an output power of up to 300 W and present the main properties of these different lasers in each regime.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0804.0109,
title = {Mechanisms for Lasing with Cold Atoms as the Gain Medium},
author = {William Guerin and Franck Michaud and Robin Kaiser},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.0109},
year = {2008}
}