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Lasers are light sources with very narrow bandwidths, high output power and long coherence lengths [HAK86]. They are, in some regards, completely different from other light sources, that surround us every day. As opposed to the thermal radiation of light bulbs, stars and the sun, or the fluorescence used in neon tubes, the photons of a laser are mainly emitted through stimulated emission.
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Röhm, A. (2015). Theoretical Concepts of Lasers. In: Dynamic Scenarios in Two-State Quantum Dot Lasers. BestMasters. Springer Spektrum, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-09402-7_2
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