Quantum noise of a mode-locked laser

被引:17
作者
Haus, HA [1 ]
Margalit, M
Yu, CX
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[1] MIT, Dept Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[2] MIT, Elect Res Lab, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
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10.1364/JOSAB.17.001240
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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The master equation of mode locking written in operator notation is supplemented with noise-source terms that conserve commutator brackets. The noise sources are associated with the reservoirs responsible for loss and gain. The output of a mode-locked laser with the least possible quantum noise is determined. (C) 2000 Optical Society of America [S0740-3224(00)01907-X].
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页数:17
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