NONLINEAR RELAXATION-TIME AND THE DETECTION OF WEAK SIGNALS

被引:10
作者
AQUINO, JIJ [1 ]
SANCHO, JM [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV BARCELONA, DEPT ESTRUCTURA & CONSTITUYENTES MAT, E-08028 BARCELONA, SPAIN
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1991年 / 43卷 / 01期
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevA.43.589
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Laser systems can be used to detect very weak optical signals. The physical mechanism is the dynamical process of the relaxation of a laser from an unstable state to a steady stable state. We present an analysis of this process based on the study of the nonlinear relaxation time. Our analytical results are compared with numerical integration of the stochastic differential equations that model this process.
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页码:589 / 590
页数:2
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