General linewidth formula for steady-state multimode lasing in arbitrary cavities

• Main Authors: Chong, Yidong, Stone, A. Douglas
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Physics::Optics and light
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94358; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/9311
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A formula for the laser linewidth of arbitrary cavities in the multimode nonlinear regime is derived from a scattering analysis of the solutions to semiclassical laser theory. The theory generalizes previous treatments of the effects of gain and openness described by the Petermann factor. The linewi...