LASER-NOISE-INDUCED POPULATION FLUCTUATIONS IN 2-LEVEL SYSTEMS - COMPLEX AND REAL GAUSSIAN DRIVING FIELDS

被引:28
作者
WALSER, R [1 ]
RITSCH, H [1 ]
ZOLLER, P [1 ]
COOPER, J [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV COLORADO, JOINT INST LAB ASTROPHYS, BOULDER, CO 80309 USA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1992年 / 45卷 / 01期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.45.468
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The nonlinear dynamics of a sample of two-level systems exposed to noisy laser light is investigated. As stochastic models we treat the chaotic field and the real Gaussian field. Based on the method of marginal characteristic functions, we deduce analytical solutions for the mean values and variances of the atomic populations in terms of matrix continued fractions. We find significantly enhanced on-resonance fluctuations for a real Gaussian field compared to a chaotic field of the same bandwidth and intensity. Furthermore, in contrast to phase-noise models, the fluctuations in the fluorescence intensity do not decrease to zero in the limit of slow fluctuations.
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页码:468 / 476
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