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1Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, Massachusetts 02173, USA.
Optics Letters
|September 22, 2009
Abstract:
A simple formula is derived that gives the ratio of the maximum single-longitudinal-mode inversion density to the threshold inversion density for a standing-wave laser in terms of the cavity geometry and well-known material parameters. This formula can be used as a guideline in the design of single-frequency lasers.

