TY - JOUR

T1 - Sub-Poissonian three-level lasing with an m-photon coherent pump

AU - Golubev, Yu

AU - Kocharovskaya, O.

AU - Rostovstev, Yu

AU - Scully, M. O.

PY - 2004/7/1

Y1 - 2004/7/1

N2 - We theoretically consider a three-level laser with an incoherent one-way pump from a ground state into an intermediate excited state and a coherent drive into the upper laser state. The possibilities of inversionless lasing are studied. It is demonstrated that, in the case of a strong coupling with the drive laser (when its generation depends essentially on the three-level medium), the quantum properties of laser radiation can be improved by using m-quantum coherent excitation or by applying a sub-Poissonian coherent pump.

AB - We theoretically consider a three-level laser with an incoherent one-way pump from a ground state into an intermediate excited state and a coherent drive into the upper laser state. The possibilities of inversionless lasing are studied. It is demonstrated that, in the case of a strong coupling with the drive laser (when its generation depends essentially on the three-level medium), the quantum properties of laser radiation can be improved by using m-quantum coherent excitation or by applying a sub-Poissonian coherent pump.

KW - Coherent state

KW - Inversionless lasing

KW - Photodetector

KW - Sub-poissonian light

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=3543118449&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1088/1464-4266/6/7/008

DO - 10.1088/1464-4266/6/7/008

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:3543118449

VL - 6

SP - 309

EP - 314

JO - Journal of the European Optical Society Part B: Quantum Optics

JF - Journal of the European Optical Society Part B: Quantum Optics

SN - 0953-4075

IS - 7

ER -