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
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