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Instabilities of the continuous superradiant laser

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.21675v1
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:30:19 GMT
Title: Instabilities of the continuous superradiant laser
Abstract summary: We show that a continuous beam of atoms in an electronically excited state crosses the mode of a high-finesse Fabry-Perot cavity.<n>We derive an analytical criterion for this instability and find that it may only occur when the lifetime of photons in the cavity is significantly shorter than the lifetime of atoms.
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Abstract: We investigate the intensity stability of the superradiant laser. Our study focuses on the architecture where a continuous beam of atoms in an electronically excited state crosses the mode of a high-finesse Fabry-Perot cavity, which has been proposed as a new architecture of an active optical clock. We show that such superradiant laser can become unstable and develop chaotic behavior. We derive an analytical criterion for this instability and find that it may only occur when the lifetime of photons in the cavity is significantly shorter than the lifetime of atoms. This criterion allows for refining the necessary parameters to run a superradiant laser as a frequency reference in the optical domain. In particular, we point-out the consequences of the instability on intensity fluctuations and laser linewidth. On the other hand, we also point out that the superradiant laser, when in the unstable regime, can become an interesting playground for studying chaos. At the mean-field level, there is a direct mapping to the Bénard instability associated with fluid turbulence; however quantum fluctuations associated with photon out-coupling and atom re-filling substantially modify the expected behaviors. Finally, we point-out the existence of a regular self-pulsing regime at large atom numbers.

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