PHOTON STATISTICS AND QUANTUM FLUCTUATIONS IN A COLLECTIVE ATOMIC RECOIL LASER (CARL)

Authors
BONIFACIO R
Citation
R. Bonifacio, PHOTON STATISTICS AND QUANTUM FLUCTUATIONS IN A COLLECTIVE ATOMIC RECOIL LASER (CARL), Optics communications, 146(1-6), 1998, pp. 236-240
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
146
Issue
1-6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
236 - 240
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1998)146:1-6<236:PSAQFI>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
We present a complete quantum mechanical treatment of the exponential instability of CARL. We show that the Glauber P function, in general, is the one that results from a superposition of a coherent probe field and the spontaneous emission chaotic field. In particular, if no prob e is present the photon statistics during the exponential growth is th at of a chaotic thermal field. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.