Published August 29, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Mechanisms for Lasing with Cold Atoms as the Gain Medium

Description

We realize a laser with a cloud of cold rubidium atoms as gain medium, placed in a low-finesse cavity. Three different regimes of laser emission are observed corresponding respectively to Mollow, Raman and Four Wave Mixing mechanisms. We measure an output power of up to 300 µW and present the main properties of these different lasers in each regime.

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