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A longitudinally pumped dye-laser amplifier is numerically investigated for the amplification of a very low intensity signal (as low as one photon per pulse), which is easily hindered by the simultaneous amplification of spontaneous emission. From the relevant set of coupled rate equations for population and photon fluxes the spatial dependence of these quantities is accounted for. The equations are solved numerically in some significant practical situations. The results describe the dependence of the amplified-spontaneous-emission (ASE) output flux on the pumping rate, on the spectral narrowing process and on the total spontaneous emission for a pulse in the selected angular width. The performance of dye-laser amplifiers is described by the same set of equations, and the gain characteristics of such systems are analyzed as functions of the pumping rate.
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Giovanelli, R. Amplified spontaneous emission in dye-laser systems for single photon amplification. Found Phys Lett 2, 27–38 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00690076
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