Limits imposed by spatial hole burning on the single-mode operation of standing-wave laser cavities
Abstract
A simple formula is derived that gives the ratio of the maximum single-longitudinal-mode inversion density to the threshold inversion density for a standing-wave laser in terms of the cavity geometry and well-known material parameters. This formula can be used as a guideline in the design of single-frequency lasers.
- Publication:
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Optics Letters
- Pub Date:
- April 1990
- DOI:
- 10.1364/OL.15.000431
- Bibcode:
- 1990OptL...15..431Z
- Keywords:
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- Hole Burning;
- Laser Cavities;
- Population Inversion;
- Solid State Lasers;
- Standing Waves;
- Neodymium Lasers;
- Spatial Distribution;
- Yag Lasers;
- Lasers and Masers