A laser is composed of an optical resonator and a gain medium. When stimulated emission dominates mirror losses, the emitted light becomes coherent. We propose a new class of coherent light sources based on wavelength sized regular structures of quantum emitters whose eigenmodes form high-Q resonators. Incoherent pumping of few atoms induces light emission with spatial and temporal coherence. We show that an atomic nanoring with a single gain atom at the center behaves like a thresholdless laser, featuring a narrow linewidth. Symmetric subradiant excitations provide optimal operating conditions.
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