QUANTUM-MECHANICAL DIFFUSION OF THE POLARIZATION OF A LASER

被引：23

作者：

VANEIJKELENBORG, MA

SCHRAMA, CA

WOERDMAN, JP

机构：

[1] Huygens Laboratory, Leiden University, 2300 RA Leiden

来源：

OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS | 1995年 / 119卷 / 1-2期

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D O I：

10.1016/0030-4018(95)00344-8

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We have observed the influence of spontaneous emission on the polarization of a miniature HeXe laser (lambda = 3.51 mu m). The situation where the quantum noise dominates over cavity anisotropies is realized and we demonstrate that this leads to quantum mechanical diffusion of the polarization. Since our laser operates in the bad-cavity regime, the polarization diffusion is slowed down by a memory effect of the gain medium.

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页数：7

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