Abstract
The cavity QED microlaser is a laser based on the ideal model of atoms undergoing well-defined interaction with a single mode of an optical cavity. Due to the coherent nature of the atom-cavity interaction, the microlaser exhibits behavior foreign to conventional lasers. This paper reports the first observation of one of these unusual features, the existence of multiple thresholds. The second and further thresholds can be viewed as first-order phase transition of the field, whereas the initial threshold is of second-order.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS) - Technical Digest Series |
| Pages | 6-7 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Publication status | Published - 2002 Jan 1 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS) 2002 - Long Beach, CA, United States Duration: 2002 May 19 → 2002 May 24 |
Other
| Other | Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS) 2002 |
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| Country | United States |
| City | Long Beach, CA |
| Period | 02/5/19 → 02/5/24 |
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- Physics and Astronomy(all)
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Fang-Yen, C., Yu, C. C., Aljalal, A., Dasari, R. R., Feld, M. S., Harrison, G. R., ... An, K. (2002). Multiple thresholds and many-atom dynamics in the cavity QED microlaser. In Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS) - Technical Digest Series (Vol. 74, pp. 6-7)