Observation of transverse patterns in an isotropic microchip laser

Chen, Y F; Lan, Y P

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.67.043814

Title: Observation of transverse patterns in an isotropic microchip laser

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An isotropic microchip laser is used to study the characteristics of high-order wave functions in a two-dimensional (2D) quantum harmonic oscillator based on the identical functional forms. With a doughnut pump profile, the spontaneous transverse modes are found to, generally, be elliptic and hyperbolic transverse modes. Theoretical analyses reveal that the elliptic transverse modes are analogous to the coherent states of a 2D harmonic oscillator; the formation of hyperbolic transverse modes is a spontaneous mode locking between two identical Hermite-Gaussian modes.

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Chen, Y F; Lan, Y P ^[1]

Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan (China)

Publication Date:: Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 2003

OSTI Identifier:: 20634032

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Physical Review. A

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 67; Journal Issue: 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.67.043814; (c) 2003 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1050-2947

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; EIGENSTATES; HARMONIC OSCILLATORS; LASERS; MODE LOCKING; OPTICS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; WAVE FUNCTIONS

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                    Chen, Y F, Lan, Y P, and Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. Observation of transverse patterns in an isotropic microchip laser.  United States: N. p., 2003. 
        Web.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.67.043814.

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                    Chen, Y F, Lan, Y P, & Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. Observation of transverse patterns in an isotropic microchip laser.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.67.043814

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                    Chen, Y F, Lan, Y P, and Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. 2003.  
        "Observation of transverse patterns in an isotropic microchip laser".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.67.043814.

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@article{osti_20634032,

  title        = {Observation of transverse patterns in an isotropic microchip laser},

  author       = {Chen, Y F and Lan, Y P and Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan},

  abstractNote = {An isotropic microchip laser is used to study the characteristics of high-order wave functions in a two-dimensional (2D) quantum harmonic oscillator based on the identical functional forms. With a doughnut pump profile, the spontaneous transverse modes are found to, generally, be elliptic and hyperbolic transverse modes. Theoretical analyses reveal that the elliptic transverse modes are analogous to the coherent states of a 2D harmonic oscillator; the formation of hyperbolic transverse modes is a spontaneous mode locking between two identical Hermite-Gaussian modes.},

  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevA.67.043814},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20634032},
  journal      = {Physical Review. A},

  issn         = {1050-2947},

  number       = 4,

  volume       = 67,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 2003},

  month        = {Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 2003}

}

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