• DocumentCode
    1512714
  • Title

    Balance Between Noise Fluxes in Free-Running Single-Mode Class-A Lasers

  • Author

    Jahanpanah, Jafar ; Soleimani, Azam ; Shavandi, Fatemeh

  • Author_Institution
    Phys. Dept., Kharazmi (Tarbiat Moallem) Univ., Tehran, Iran
  • Volume
    48
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1237
  • Lastpage
    1242
  • Abstract
    The fluctuation effect of laser pumping rate on the output noise fluxes of class-A lasers is investigated. The method is based on the role of cavity Langevin force as a fluctuating force in the absence of the atomic population inversion and dipole moment Langevin forces. The temporal fluctuations induced to the phase and amplitude of the cavity electric field and the atomic population inversion are calculated in both below and above threshold states. Our aim is to derive correlation functions for the fluctuating variables of the cavity electric field and the atomic population inversion to determine the noise fluxes emerging from the cavity mirrors and measured by an optical detector and those radiated in the form of a spontaneous emission in all spatial directions. We introduce a heuristic conservation relation that connects the noise flux generated by the laser pumping system with those distributed among the laser variables. Finally, the results are confirmed by demonstrating the energy conservation law.
  • Keywords
    laser mirrors; lasers; optical pumping; atomic population inversion; cavity Langevin force; cavity electric field; cavity mirrors; dipole moment Langevin forces; energy conservation law; fluctuating force; fluctuation effect; free-running single-mode class-A lasers; laser pumping rate; laser pumping system; noise fluxes; optical detector; spontaneous emission; temporal fluctuations; Correlation function; fluctuation; laser noise; single-mode laser;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.2012.2198435
  • Filename
    6197210