Lasing Threshold and Mode Competition in Chaotic Cavities

The lasing threshold is studied of a multi-mode chaotic cavity (linear size D >> wavelength \lambda) coupled to the outside through a small hole (linear size d << \lambda). For sufficiently weak absorption by the boundaries, the statistical distribution of the threshold is wide, its mean value being much less than the pumping rate needed to compensate the average loss. The average number N_{nc} >> 1 of non-competing excited modes is proportional to the square root of the pumping rate. We use the classical model of spatial hole burning to account for mode competition and find a reduction in the average number of excited modes to N =3^{1/3} N_{nc}^{2/3}.Comment: 6 pages, RevTeX, 3 figures. Discussion of effects of non-zero resistivity in the boundaries is adde

Distribution of the reflection eigenvalues of a weakly absorbing chaotic cavity

The scattering-matrix product SS+ of a weakly absorbing medium is related by a unitary transformation to the time-delay matrix without absorption. It follows from this relationship that the eigenvalues of SS+ for a weakly absorbing chaotic cavity are distributed according to a generalized Laguerre ensemble.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, to appear in Physica E (special issue on Dynamics of Complex Systems

Conductance distribution in disordered quantum wires: Crossover between the metallic and insulating regimes

We calculate the distribution of the conductance P(g) for a quasi-one-dimensional system in the metal to insulator crossover regime, based on a recent analytical method valid for all strengths of disorder. We show the evolution of P(g) as a function of the disorder parameter from a insulator to a metal. Our results agree with numerical studies reported on this problem, and with analytical results for the average and variance of g.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures. Final version (minor changes

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