Lecture 8: Laser amplifiers
Lecture 8: Laser amplifiers
Lecture 8: Laser amplifiers
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Gain<br />
<br />
For an interaction region of total length d, the overall gain of<br />
the laser amplifier G() is defined as the ratio of the photonflux<br />
density at the output to the photon-flux density at the<br />
input,<br />
G( ) (<br />
d) / (0)<br />
<br />
G( ) exp[ ( ) d]<br />
<br />
Note that in the absence of a population inversion, N is<br />
negative (N 2 < N 1 ) and so is the gain coefficient. The<br />
medium will then attenuate light traveling in the z direction.<br />
A medium in thermal equilibrium cannot provide laser<br />
amplification.<br />
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