Amplification of light in a glass ball suspended within a gainy medium

2010/06/28 by Filipp V. Ignatovich, Ignatovich, Filipp V., Vladimir K. Ignatovich +1
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Optics (physics.optics) #Photonic and Optical Devices #Quantum optics and atomic interactions #physics.optics

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1006.5343

7 pages 1 figure Corrected typo and included time dependence with estimation of time parameter eq.(24)

openalex publication_date 2010/06/28 · arxiv created 2010/07/18 · arxiv updated 2010/07/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We discuss total internal reflection (TIR) from an interface between glass and active gaseous media and propose an experiment for strong light amplification.

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