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Superradiant Lasing and Collective Dynamics of Active Centers with Polarization Lifetime Exceeding Photon Lifetime

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Analytic theory, numerical simulation, and qualitative analysis of the threshold conditions, nonlinear dynamics, and spectral features of the superradiant emission and cooperative radiative behavior of a dense many-particle system in a low-Q Fabry–Perot cavity with distributed feedback of counter-propagating electromagnetic waves are given. Various systems with extreme spatial-spectral density of radiating particles as active media of superradiant lasers are discussed, including those with almost homogeneous broadening as well as strongly inhomogeneous broadening of a spectral line. In the case of experimental verification, the phenomenon of CW superradiant lasing will be promising in the information optoelectronics and condensed matter physics, in particular, for managing novel oscillators with complicated dynamical spectra and for creating unprecedented diagnostics of quantum coherent many-particle effects.

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The research was partially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research 12-02-00855, program of Fundamental Research of the Presidium of the RAS No. 24, programs of Fundamental Research of the department of physical sciences of RAS No. III.7 and IV.12, the NSF Grant EEC-0540832 (MIRTHE ERC), and Council on grants of the President of the Russian Federation for support of the leading scientific schools of the Russian Federation (grant HIII-1041.2014.2).

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    Vl. V. Kocharovsky, E. R. Kocharovskaya & V. V. Kocharovsky

  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A & M University, College Station TX, USA

    A. A. Belyanin & V. V. Kocharovsky

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Kocharovsky, V., Belyanin, A., Kocharovskaya, E., Kocharovsky, V. (2015). Superradiant Lasing and Collective Dynamics of Active Centers with Polarization Lifetime Exceeding Photon Lifetime. In: Shulika, O., Sukhoivanov, I. (eds) Advanced Lasers. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 193. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9481-7_4

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