Using Quantum Coherence to Enhance Gain in
Atomic Physics

• Authors: Pankaj K. Jha
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Quantum coherence and interference effects in atomic and
molecular physics have been extensively studied because of
intriguing counterintuitive physics and potential important applications.
Here we present one such application, i.e. using
quantum coherence to generate and enhance gain in the extreme
ultra-violet (XUV)(@58.4nm in Helium) and infra-red
(@794.76nm in Rubidium) regimes of electromagnetic radiation.
We show that using moderate external coherent drive,
a substantial enhancement in the output energy on the lasing
transition can be achieved under optimal conditions. We also
discuss the role of coherence. The present paper is intended
to be pedagogical on this subject of coherence-enhanced
lasing.

Keywords

EN

Coherence effects; Lasing; Extreme ultra-violet(XUV)

Discipline

• 42.50.Gy: Effects of atomic coherence on propagation, absorption, and amplification of light; electromagnetically induced transparency and absorption
• 42.50.Lc: Quantum fluctuations, quantum noise, and quantum jumps
• 73.21.-b: Electron states and collective excitations in multilayers, quantum wells, mesoscopic, and nanoscale systems(for electron states in nanoscale materials, see 73.22.-f)
• 78.56.-a: Photoconduction and photovoltaic effects(for photoconduction and photovoltaic effects in bulk matter and thin films, see 72.40.+w and 73.50.Pz, respectively; see also 84.60.Jt Photoelectric conversion; for solar cells, see 88.40.H- and 88.40.J- in Solar energy)

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Coherent Phenomena
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 1
• Pages: 25-41

Dates

online

25 - 06 - 2013

received

26 - 01 - 2013

accepted

4 - 3 - 2013

Contributors

author

Pankaj K. Jha

• Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University,
  College Station, Texas 77843, USA
• School of Engineering and Applied Science, Princeton University,
  Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
• Present Address: NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering
  Center(NSEC), 3112 Etcheverry Hall, University of California,
  Berkeley, California 94720, USA

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/coph-2013-0001