ROLE OF STATIONARY PHOTON STATISTICS IN A HIGH-Q CAVITY MODE WHILE ITIS EXCITING THE ACTIVE LASER MEDIUM

It has been shown by Yu. M. Golubev, M. I. Kolobov, and I. V. Sokolov, Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fit. 111, 1579 (1997) [JETP 84, 864 (1997)], that whe n an optical cavity is excited by external radiation from a sub-Poisso n laser the cavity mode may be in either a sub-Poisson or a Poisson st ationary state. This is not important for a resonant medium which is e xcited into the upper laser level while interacting with this mode ins ide the cavity. The degree of regularity of the excitation will be ide ntical to that of the initial light flux incident on the cavity, and t his ultimately ensures the same sub-Poisson lasing as for strictly reg ular pumping of the resonant medium. (C) 1998 American Institute of Ph ysics.