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View SchemaObservation of Multiple Thresholds in the Many-Atom Cavity QED Microlaser
| Authors | C. Fang-Yen, C. C. Yu, S. Ha, W. Choi, K. An, R. R. Dasari, M. S. Feld |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0412143 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0412143 |
Abstract
We report the observation of multiple laser thresholds in the many-atom cavity QED microlaser. Traveling-wave coupling and a supersonic atom beam are used to create a well-defined atom-cavity interaction. Multiple thresholds are observed as jumps in photon number due to oscillatory gain. Although the number of intra-cavity atoms is large, up to N~1000, the dynamics of the microlaser agree with a single atom theory. This agreement is supported by quantum trajectory simulations of a many-atom microlaser and a semiclassical microlaser theory. We discuss the relation of the microlaser with the micromaser and conventional lasers.
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