Cooperative Effects in Matter and Radiation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Superradiance in Experimentally Relevant Regimes

   • J. C. MacGillivray, M. S. Feld

   Pages 1-14

3. Experiments in Fir Superradiance

   • A. T. Rosenberger, S. J. Petuchowski, T. A. DeTemple

   Pages 15-35

4. Cooperative Effects in Atomic Metal Vapors

   • A. Flusberg, T. Mossberg, S. R. Hartmann

   Pages 37-60

5. Quantum Beat Superfluorescence in Cs

   • Hyatt M. Gibbs

   Pages 61-78

6. Single-Pulse Superfluorescence in Cesium

   • Q. H. F. Vrehen

   Pages 79-100

7. Visible Cooperative Emission in Incoherently Excited Copper Vapor

   • T. W. Karras, R. S. Anderson, B. G. Bricks, C. E. Anderson

   Pages 101-113

8. Some Effects of Radiation Trapping on Stimulated VUV Emission in Ar XIII

   • K. G. Whitney, J. Davis, J. P. Apruzese

   Pages 115-137

9. Beam-Profile Effects in Self-Induced Transparency: On-Resonance Self-Focusing of Coherent Optical Pulses in Absorbing Media

   • F. P. Mattar, M. C. Newstein

   Pages 139-192

10. Maxwell-Bloch Equations and Mean-Field Theory for Superfluorescence

    • R. Bonifacio, M. Gronchi, L. A. Lugiato, A. M. Ricca

    Pages 193-208

11. Theory of Fir Superfluorescence

    • R. Saunders, R. K. Bullough

    Pages 209-256

12. A Model of a Degenerate Two-Photon Amplifier

    • L. M. Narducci, L. G. Johnson, E. J. Seibert, W. W. Eidson, P. S. Furcinitti

    Pages 257-290

13. Theoretical Development of the Free-Electron Laser

    • F. A. Hopf, P. Meystre

    Pages 291-312

14. Free Electron Lasers

    • John M. J. Madey, David A. G. Deacon

    Pages 313-334

15. Classical and Semiclassical Treatment of the Phase Transition in Dicke Models

    • R. Gilmore, C. M. Bowden

    Pages 335-355

16. Discussions at the Cooperative Effects Meeting, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, 1–2 December 1976

    • Marek J. Konopnicki, Albert T. Rosenberger

    Pages 357-380

17. Back Matter

    Pages 381-388

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This volume contains the large majority of the papers presented at the Cooperative Effects Meeting which was held as part of the US Army Sponsored Symposium on New Laser Concepts at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, from November 30 through December 2, 1976. The motivation for the meeting was to bring together a representative cross-section of research scientists active in related areas of cooperative effects in matter-radiation field interaction and coherent pulse generation and propagation. An emphasis was placed upon the rapidly developing areas of superradiance and superf1uorescence, with a balance between theory and experiment in regard to the choice of speakers. This meeting came at a very fortunate time when new experimental results in metal vapors and gases have just recently been realized. Also represented on the programwereareas dealing with new laser concepts such as the free electron laser and two photon amplifier. A few supplemental papers are included in this volume which were authored by participants at the meeting, but were not present on the agenda, primarily due to limited time. These were included because of their relation to the content of papers which were presented and/or were the subject of discussion among attendees. The meeting consisted of eleven invited papers and two work­ shop sessions, each with a panel. The order of the papers in this volume generally follows the order of their presentation on the agenda. However, the supplemental papers have been inserted where appropriate.

• electron
• experiment
• laser
• metals
• paper
• photon
• radiation

• U. S. Army Missile Research and Development Command, Redstone Arsenal, USA

  Charles M. Bowden, D. W. Howgate

• U.S. Army Research Office, Research Triangle Park, USA

  Hermann R. Robl

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