Coherence brightening and laser lethargy in X-ray laser amplifiers

F. A. Hopf; P. Meystre; M. O. Scully; John F. Seely

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.35.511

Coherence brightening and laser lethargy in X-ray laser amplifiers

F. A. Hopf, P. Meystre, M. O. Scully, John F. Seely

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The lethargic response of the lasing medium produced by the combined effects of finite bandwidth and rapid decay of the population inversion leads to a reduction of the linear gain expected in certain x-ray laser amplifiers. However, the effects of coherence brightening are also important, and in the superradiant regime, the laser output approaches that predicted by the usual calculation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	511-513
Number of pages	3
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	35
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.35.511
State	Published - 1975

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