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Symmetry breaking in distributed coupling of counterpropagating waves in a superradiant laser

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The instability of superfluorescent decay is investigated for the case in which the sample length is greater than or comparable to the resonant wavelength. This instability can inhibit emission in the direction of the pump pulse and even cause the forward emission to be switched off.

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  1. Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Hampshire, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom

    I. V. Mel’nikov

  2. Institut für Festköorpertheorie und Theoretische Optik, F. Schiller-Universität Jena, D-07743, Germany

    I. V. Mel’nikov

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Pis’ma Zh. Éksp. Teor. Fiz. 63, No. 3, 150–154 (10 February 1996)

Published in English in the original Russian journal. Edited by Steve Torstveit.

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Mel’nikov, I.V. Symmetry breaking in distributed coupling of counterpropagating waves in a superradiant laser. Jetp Lett. 63, 159–164 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.566997

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