Dynamics and Stability of a Superradiant Laser

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Abstract

We have realized a cold-atom Raman laser operating deep into the bad-cavity (or superradiant) regime, where the atomic linewidth is much narrower than the cavity linewidth. Here we present our studies on the stability of this active oscillator to external perturbations. We report on the robustness of such an oscillator when implemented in an atomic system with extra degrees of freedom beyond the simple three level model of recent theoretical proposals.

*We acknowledge support from ARO, NSF PFC and NIST.

Authors

  • James Thompson

    • JILA, NIST, and Dept. of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder
    • JILA, Dept. of Physics, University of Colorado

  • Justin Bohnet

    • JILA, Dept. of Physics, University of Colorado

  • Zilong Chen

    • JILA, Dept. of Physics, University of Colorado

  • Joshua Weiner

    • JILA, Dept. of Physics, University of Colorado

  • Kevin Cox

    • JILA, Dept. of Physics, University of Colorado