EXCESS QUANTUM-NOISE DUE TO NONORTHOGONAL POLARIZATION MODES

Authors
VANDERLEE AM VANDRUTEN NJ MIEREMET AL VANEIJKELENBORG MA LINDBERG AM VANEXTER MP WOERDMAN JP
Citation
Am. Vanderlee et al., EXCESS QUANTUM-NOISE DUE TO NONORTHOGONAL POLARIZATION MODES, Physical review letters, 79(22), 1997, pp. 4357-4360
Citations number
21
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
79
Issue
22
Year of publication
1997
Pages
4357 - 4360
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1997)79:22<4357:EQDTNP>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We show that the quantum-limited linewidth of a laser can be enhanced when the polarization eigenmodes of the laser resonator are nonorthogo nal. For the theoretical description of this phenomenon we introduce a simple coupled two-mode model. Experimentally, we observed an enhance ment of the quantum noise by a factor of 60 in a He-Xe gas laser.