An optically pumped gas laser amplifier is described which exhibits gain only for waves traveling in a given direction while absorbing waves traveling in the opposite direction. The idea is based on the laser-induced line-narrowing effect in coupled Doppler-broadened transitions for the case of a high-intensity monochromatic pump field.
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Skribanowitz et al. (1971) studied this question.
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