A steady-state superradiant laser with less than one intracavity photon

Justin G. Bohnet, Zilong Chen, Joshua M. Weiner, Dominic Meiser, Murray J. Holland and James K. Thompson ()
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Justin G. Bohnet: JILA, NIST and University of Colorado, University of Colorado, 440 UCB, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
Zilong Chen: JILA, NIST and University of Colorado, University of Colorado, 440 UCB, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
Joshua M. Weiner: JILA, NIST and University of Colorado, University of Colorado, 440 UCB, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
Dominic Meiser: JILA, NIST and University of Colorado, University of Colorado, 440 UCB, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
Murray J. Holland: JILA, NIST and University of Colorado, University of Colorado, 440 UCB, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
James K. Thompson: JILA, NIST and University of Colorado, University of Colorado, 440 UCB, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA

Nature, 2012, vol. 484, issue 7392, 78-81

Abstract: A superradiant laser with less than one intracavity photon is shown to synchronize its lasing medium spontaneously and simultaneously isolate it from the environment, producing emitted light with a linewidth ten thousand times smaller than the quantum limit for non-superradiant optical lasers.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1038/nature10920

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