Spontaneous excitation of atoms near a phase-conjugating mirror

Journal Article · Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · IEEE J. Quant. Electron.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/3.977· OSTI ID:7065887

Cook, R J; Milonni, P W

The authors show by means of a semiclassical theory that the ground state of a localized collection of two-level atoms is unstable when the atomic sample is sufficiently close to a phase-conjugating mirror with high gain. Any small disturbance causes the atoms to become excited and begin fluorescing, the fluorescence taking the form of a sequence of superradiant pulses. Experiments to test this prediction seem possible.

• Research Organization: Frank J. Seiler Research Lab., U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO (US)
• OSTI ID: 7065887
• Journal Information: IEEE J. Quant. Electron.; (United States), Vol. 24:7
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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GROUND STATES
MIRRORS
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