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Ab initio Theory for Exceptional-Point Lasers and Periodic-Inversion Lasers
We show that lasers near exceptional points have an oscillating population inversion that generates a frequency comb. We develop anab-initiotheory describing all steady-state properties of such lasers and validate it with FDTD.
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- Award ID(s):
- 2146021
- PAR ID:
- 10497744
- Publisher / Repository:
- Optica Publishing Group
- Date Published:
- ISBN:
- 978-1-957171-25-8
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- SF2N.8
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Location:
- San Jose, CA
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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