Standing-wave forward-backward gain asymmetry in optically pumped gas lasers

F. Laguarta; G. Merkle; J. Heppner; R. Corbaln; R. Vilaseca

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.831

Standing-wave forward-backward gain asymmetry in optically pumped gas lasers

F. Laguarta, G. Merkle, J. Heppner, R. Corbaln, R. Vilaseca

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Abstract

A new type of forward-backward asymmetry is reported for the 119-m emission from a linear-cavity CH3OH laser, near-resonantly pumped by a continuous-wave CO2 laser. The observed asymmetry is related to a strong traveling-wave pump field and also saturating standing-wave-generated fields, a situation typical for most optically pumped linear-cavity gas lasers. A simple interpretation of the experimental results is given in terms of multiphoton processes involving one pump photon and several generated photons. © 1986 The American Physical Society.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	831-834
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	57
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.831
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1986

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