ISSN:
1090-6487
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract A new type of stimulated scattering of light is discovered in a Nd:YAG laser crystal with a population inversion. The scattering occurs for light at the resonance frequency of the laser transition, with a small anti-Stokes shift. It is shown that the effect is due to the appearance of a wave of population of the metastable level and the associated traveling index grating in a laser medium with different polarizability of the excited and unexcited atoms.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/1.566956