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Theoretical studies of superradiant lasing on optical clock transitions predict a superb frequency accuracy and precision closely tied to the bare atomic linewidth. Such a superradiant laser is also robust against cavity fluctuations when…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-02 Anna Bychek , Christoph Hotter , David Plankensteiner , Helmut Ritsch

The superradiant laser, based on the clock transition between the electric ground state $^1$S$_0$ and the metastable state $^3$P$_0$ of fermionic alkaline-earth(-like) atoms, has been proposed to be a new promising light source with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-12 Guohui Dong , Yao Yao , Peng Zhang , Dazhi Xu

We propose a minimalistic model to account for the main properties of a continuous superradiant laser, in which a beam of atoms crosses the mode of a high-finesse Fabry-Perot cavity, and collectively emits light into the cavity mode. We…

Today's best atomic clocks are limited by frequency noise on the lasers used to interrogate the atoms. A proposed solution to this problem is to create a superradiant laser using an optical clock transition as its gain medium. This laser…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-03-21 Matthew A. Norcia , Matthew N. Winchester , Julia R. K. Cline , James K. Thompson

Superradiant lasers operate in the bad-cavity regime, where the phase coherence is stored in the spin state of an atomic medium rather than in the intracavity electric field. Such lasers use collective effects to sustain lasing and could…

Continuous superradiance using a narrow optical transition has the potential to improve the short-term stability of state-of-the-art optical clocks. Even though pulsed superradiant emission on a mHz linewidth clock transition has been…

A new class of laser, which harnesses coherence in both light and atoms, is possible with the use of ultra-cold alkaline earth atoms trapped in an optical lattice inside an optical cavity. Different lasing regimes, including superradiance,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-02 Kamanasish Debnath , Yuan Zhang , Klaus Mølmer

Superradiant lasers, which consist of incoherently driven atoms coupled to a lossy cavity, are a promising source of coherent light due to their stable frequency and superior narrow linewidth. We show that when a fraction of the atoms is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-19 Tobias Nadolny , Matteo Brunelli , Christoph Bruder

An ideal superradiant laser on an optical clock transition of noninteracting cold atoms is predicted to exhibit an extreme frequency stability and accuracy far below mHz-linewidth. In any concrete setup sufficiently many atoms have to be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 Thomas Maier , Sebastian Kraemer , Laurin Ostermann , Helmut Ritsch

The generation of very narrow linewidth light sources is of great importance in modern science. One such source is the superradiant laser, which relies on collectively interacting ultra long lived dipoles driven by incoherent light. Here we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-02-23 Diego Barberena , Robert J. Lewis-Swan , Ana Maria Rey , James K. Thompson

Superradiant laser, which exploits the clock transition of alkaline-earth-metal-like atoms to generate ultrastable light in the bad-cavity limit, has garnered much attention in the past few decades. Unlike their odd counterpart, the even…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-08-29 Guohui Dong , Yao Yao

Lasing and steady state superradiance are two phenomena that may appear at first glance to be distinct. In a laser, phase information is maintained by a macroscopic intracavity light field, and the robustness of this phase is what leads to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-02-17 D. A. Tieri , Minghui Xu , D. Meiser , J. Cooper , M. J. Holland

We propose a solid-state based superradiance laser which is almost insensitive to the cavity mirror vibration. Therefore, it can compete with the best frequency-stable local oscillators. The long coherence time and the large optical density…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-04-01 Mahmood Sabooni

In this paper we present experimental results and theory on the first continuous (long pulse) Raman atom laser. The brightness that can be achieved with this system is three orders of magnitude greater than has been previously demonstrated…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-11 N. P. Robins , C. Figl , S. A. Haine , A. K. Morrison , M. Jeppesen , J. J. Hope , J. D. Close

Lasers with high spectral purity can enable a diverse application space, including precision spectroscopy, coherent high-speed communications, physical sensing, and manipulation of quantum systems. Already, meticulous design and…

The prospects of superradiant lasing on the 7.5 kHz wide $^1$S$_0$-$^3$P$_1$ transition in $^{88}$Sr is explored by using numerical simulations of two systems based on realistic experimental numbers. One system uses the idea of…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-12-21 Mikkel Tang , Stefan A. Schäffer , Jörg H. Müller

Recent proposals suggest that lasers based on narrow dipole-forbidden transitions in cold alkaline earth atoms could achieve linewidths that are orders of magnitude smaller than linewidths of any existing lasers. Here, we demonstrate a…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 Matthew A. Norcia , James K. Thompson

We design and fabricate an on-chip laser source that produces a directional beam with low spatial coherence. The lasing modes are based on the axial orbit in a stable cavity and have good directionality. To reduce the spatial coherence of…

Recent theoretical predictions hint at an implementation of a superradiant laser based on narrow optical clock transitions by using a filtered thermal beam at high density. Corresponding numerical studies give encouraging results but the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2023-08-11 Martin Fasser , Christoph Hotter , David Plankensteiner , Helmut Ritsch

The implementation of a superradiant laser as an active frequency standard is predicted to provide better short-term stability and robustness to thermal and mechanical fluctuations when compared to standard passive optical clocks. However,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-06 Anna Bychek , Helmut Ritsch
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