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Zeeman effect in a ring gas laser operating well above the lasing threshold

I. I. Savel'ev, P. V. Timonin, A. I. Yakushev


Abstract: A theoretical and experimental investigation was made of the Zeeman effect in a ring He–Ne laser, having a circularly anisotropic resonator and operating substantially above the lasing threshold. It was found that a strong-field theory must be used to explain the experimental results when the gain exceeds the losses by more than a factor of 1.3–1.4. Taking radiation trapping into account in the strong-field theory, a good quantitative description of the experimental results is obtained for all the experimental values of the gain-to-loss ratio (1.5–2.9).

UDC: 621.375.82

PACS: 42.55.Hq

Received: 05.11.1978

 English version: Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1979, 9:7, 909–910