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Influence of spatial correlations on the lasing threshold of random lasers

Michael Patra
Phys. Rev. E 67, 065603(R) – Published 27 June 2003
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Abstract

The lasing threshold of a random laser is computed numerically from a generic model. It is shown that spatial correlations of the disorder in the medium (i.e., dielectric constant) lead to an increase of the decay rates of the eigenmodes and of the lasing threshold. This is in conflict with predictions that such correlations should lower the threshold. While all results are derived for photonic systems, the computed decay rate distributions also apply to electronic systems.

  • Received 18 February 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.67.065603

©2003 American Physical Society

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Michael Patra

  • Laboratory for Computational Engineering, Helsinki University of Technology, P. O. Box 9203, 02015 HUT, Finland

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Vol. 67, Iss. 6 — June 2003

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