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Research Articles

Lasing without population inversion in an Er3+-doped YAG crystal

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Pages 446-454 | Received 02 Aug 2011, Accepted 14 Oct 2011, Published online: 10 Nov 2011
 

Abstract

Two atomic models are proposed for an Er3+-doped YAG crystal with application to lasing with and without population inversion. It is shown how an incoherent pumping field and coherent control coupling field can produce a laser in the presence and absence of population inversion.

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