TRANSIENT STATISTICS IN A CO2-LASER WITH A SLOWLY SWEPT PUMP

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作者
CIOFINI, M [1 ]
MEUCCI, R [1 ]
ARECCHI, FT [1 ]
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[1] UNIV FLORENCE, DEPT PHYS, I-50121 FLORENCE, ITALY
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1990年 / 42卷 / 01期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.42.482
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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The near-threshold behavior of a single-mode CO2 laser has been investigated by applying a linear modulation to the excitation current. The associated delayed bifurcation has been characterized in terms of first-passage-time distributions for different sweep rates. A theoretical model provides good agreement with the experimental data. In particular, we are able to assign the initial photon number below threshold. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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