Colored Noise in First-order-like Phase Transition of a Laser System

The decoupling theory is employed to analyze the multiplicative colored noise in a single mode laser system. Steady state intensity distribution function is derived when colored noise is included in the laser system. The first-order-like phase transition driven by multiplicative colored noise is investigated and compared with the case of multiplicative white noise. It is shown that the noise correlation time can affect the parameter plane of the first-order-like phase transition. The steady state intensity distributions in a laser system is changed greatly with noise correlation time τ.