CANONICAL QUANTUM-THEORY OF LIGHT-PROPAGATION IN AMPLIFYING MEDIA

Authors
JEFFERS J BARNETT SM LOUDON R MATLOOB R ARTONI M
Citation
J. Jeffers et al., CANONICAL QUANTUM-THEORY OF LIGHT-PROPAGATION IN AMPLIFYING MEDIA, Optics communications, 131(1-3), 1996, pp. 66-71
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
131
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
66 - 71
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1996)131:1-3<66:CQOLIA>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We introduce a quantum theory for the propagation of light through a d ielectric slab which acts as a linear amplifier. We show that the theo ry is canonical, and that self-consistency imposes a natural constrain t on the round-trip gain provided by the medium.