Abstract

We start from the mean field Maxwell-Bloch equations,¹ written in the complex Lorenz form, which describe the behaviour of the complex electric field, e, complex polarisation, p, and the real population inversion, n, in a two-level ring laser with a single longitudinal cavity mode and plane cavity mirrors.² An important parameter is the detuning between the longitudinal cavity mode frequency and atomic resonance, Δ = (ωa –ωc) γ_⊥. The strength of the pumping is characterised by r.

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