Published February 1, 1972
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Spectral narrowing in high-gain lasers
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- Casperson, Lee W.
- Yariv, Amnon
Abstract
The dependence of spectral narrowing in lasers on the line-broadening mechanism is investigated including the effects of saturation and distributed loss. It is found that in the unsaturated regime the narrowing is essentially independent of the resonance broadening mechanism and the narrowed line approaches a Gaussian. The onset of saturation slows or reverses the narrowing process. Experimental results have been obtained using a 3.51-μ xenon laser.
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© Copyright 1972 IEEE. Reprinted with permission. Manuscript received August 17, 1971; revised October 1, 1971. This work was supported in part by the Advanced Research Projects Agency through the Army Research Office, Durham, and in part by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. This paper is based on part of a dissertation submitted by L.W. Casperson to the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree.Files
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