Excess quantum noise due to nonorthogonal polarization modes

被引：54

作者：

vanderLee, AM

vanDruten, NJ

Mieremet, AL

vanEijkelenborg, MA

Lindberg, AM

vanExter, MP

Woerdman, JP

机构：

[1] Huygens Laboratory, Leiden University, Leiden

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1997年 / 79卷 / 22期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.4357

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We show that the quantum-limited linewidth of a laser can be enhanced when the polarization eigenmodes of the laser resonator are nonorthogonal. For the theoretical description of this phenomenon we introduce a simple coupled two-mode model. Experimentally, we observed an enhancement of the quantum noise by a factor of 60 in a He-Xe gas laser.

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页码：4357 / 4360

页数：4

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