Pump Noise Effects in Dye Lasers

  • M. San Miguel
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Part of the NATO ASI Series book series (NSSB, volume 177)

Abstract

A proper characterization of laser light and its characteristics should take into account fluctuations. These are needed to describe the statistical properties of the laser ligth such as intensity fluctuations and correlation functions and also dynamical transient processes triggered by fluctuations, such as the decay of unstable or metastable states. Laser fluctuations are due to different sources of noise which can be classified, attending to its origin, in internal and external noise. Internal noise is associated with spontaneous emission or quantum noise and external noise is associated with fluctuations of some control parameter of the system. The single mode dye laser is a system in which the effect and interplay of both sources of noise have been studied in some detail. In fact, it has become a prototype in the study of nonequilibrium systems with random control parameters and a test problem for several mathematical techniques.

Keywords

Intensity Fluctuation Internal Noise Time Regime Single Mode Laser Pump Parameter 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • M. San Miguel
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  1. 1.Departament de FísicaUniversitat de les Illes BalearsPalma de MallorcaSpain

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