SQUEEZING AND INTERMODE CORRELATIONS IN LASER-DIODES

被引:93
作者
MARIN, F [1 ]
BRAMATI, A [1 ]
GIACOBINO, E [1 ]
ZHANG, TC [1 ]
POIZAT, JP [1 ]
ROCH, JF [1 ]
GRANGIER, P [1 ]
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[1] INST OPT,F-91403 ORSAY,FRANCE
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.4606
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We demonstrate experimentally that the intensity noise of so-called ''free-running single-mode'' laser diodes results from a cancellation between very large anticorrelated fluctuations of the main mode, on one hand, and of many weak longitudinal side modes, on the other hand. When line narrowing techniques are used, intensity squeezing can be observed at room temperature, but this noise reduction is not always single-mode squeezing. These experimental results are in agreement with a simple phenomenological model using Langevin-type equations.
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页码:4606 / 4609
页数:4
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