Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 37, Number 5, February II 1997
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Page(s) | 317 - 322 | |
Section | Atomic, molecular and optical physics | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1997-00150-y | |
Published online | 01 September 2002 |
Ion-trap laser
1
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik,
Hans-Kopfermann-Str. 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany
2
Sektion Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität -
München, Germany
3
Lyman Laboratory of Physics, Harvard University,
ITAMP, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Received:
9
September
1996
Accepted:
10
January
1997
Laser operation with a single trapped ion in a high-finesse optical cavity is predicted at a wavelength of . Different from a conventional laser, the formation of two thresholds can be observed. For both small and large pump strengths the field is quasi-thermal, in an intermediate region laser light with Poissonian and even sub-Poissonian statistics is produced. Atomic coherence effects play an important role. The multi-level system is treated by generalizing the pump-operator approach (Europhys. Lett. , 33 (1996) 515).
PACS: 32.80.-t – Photon interactions with atoms / 42.50.-p – Quantum optics / 42.55.-f – Lasers
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