Dye laser model with pump and quantum fluctuations; colored noise

A single mode dye laser model with two stochastically fluctuating forces representing pump and quantum fluctuations is discussed. In extension to a previous paper we investigate the different influences ofcolored pump noise andwhite quantum fluctuations on the laser light statistics. The corresponding two-variable Fokker-Planck equation is solved by means ofmatrix continued fractions. A comparison to the model with two white noise forces is also included. We focus especially on the intensity correlation time enhancement observed for low noise strengths which seems to be the result of a competition between (multiplicative) pump noise and (additive) quantum noise. An increase in correlation time of the colored pump noise causes the intensity correlation time enhancement to disappear.     

Dye laser model with pre-Gaussian pump fluctuations

We propose a method to calculate explicitely the stationary probability of nonlinear systems subjected to fluctuations composed of two random telegraph processes. Using this method we consider the local behaviour of the stationary probability near its singular points in the case of dye laser system.     

实虚部关联的量子噪声和泵噪声对单模激光动力学性质的影响

采用具有实虚部关联的量子噪声和泵噪声驱动的单模激光损失模型，用线性化近似方法研究了反映激光动力学性质的光强关联函数，讨论了光强关联函数随时间的演化；并对线性化近似方法的适用范围进行了详细分析，分别讨论了量子噪声强度、泵噪声强度、量子噪声实虚部关联系数对光强相对涨落的影响，得出在小噪声、远离阈值时，线性化近似方法适用范围扩大；小噪声、远离阈值且当量子噪声实虚部无关联时，线性化近似方法适用范围最大的结论. 关键词： 单模激光 光强关联函数 光强相对涨落     

Stochastic resonance in a gain--noise model of a single-mode laser driven by pump noise and quantum noise with cross-correlation between real and imaginary parts under direct signal modulation

Stochastic resonance (SR) is studied in a gain--noise model of a single-mode laser driven by a coloured pump noise and a quantum noise with cross-correlation between real and imaginary parts under a direct signal modulation. By using a linear approximation method, we find that the SR appears during the variation of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) separately with the pump noise self-correlation time \tau , the noise correlation coefficient between the real part and the imaginary part of the quantum noise \lambda_q , the attenuation coefficient \gamma and the deterministic steady-state intensity I_0 . In addition, it is found that the SR can be characterized not only by the dependence of SNR on the noise variables of \tau and \lambda_q, but also by the dependence of SNR on the laser system variables of \gamma and I₀. Thus our investigation extends the characteristic quantity of SR proposed before.     

信号调制色泵噪声和实虚部间关联量子噪声驱动下单模激光的随机共振现象

计算了受信号调制的色泵噪声和实虚部间关联的量子噪声驱动的单模激光损失模型的输出光强信噪比.发现信噪比R随泵噪声自关联时间τ、调制信号频率Ω和量子噪声实虚部间关联系数λq的变化均存在随机共振,这种现象扩展了“信噪比R对噪声强度的变化曲线具有极大值”的典型随机共振. 若以Ω为参数,当Ω增加时,Ｒ随τ的关系曲线经历了从同时出现共振和抑制到单峰共振,最后到单调上升的变化,呈现多种形式的随机共振．若以τ为参数,当τ增加时,Ｒ随Ω的关系曲线经历了从单调上升到同时出现共振和抑制,最后又到单调下降的变化过程．Ｒ随λq的关 关键词： 噪声 信噪比 随机共振     

The statistical fluctuation of a single-mode laser system driven by coloured pump noise with signal modulation and the quantum noise with cross-correlation between its real and imaginary parts

Using the linear approximation method, this paper studies the statistical property of a single-mode laser driven by both coloured pump noise with signal modulation and the quantum noise with cross-correlation between its real and imaginary parts, and calculates the steady-state mean normalized intensity fluctuation and intensity correlation time. It analyses the influences of the modulation signal, the net gain coefficient, the noise and its correlation form on the statistical fluctuation of the laser system respectively. It is found that the coloured pump noise modulated by the signal has a great suppressing action on the statistical fluctuation of the laser system; the pump noise self-correlation time and the specific frequency of modulation signal have the result that the statistical fluctuation tends to zero. Furthermore, the `colour' correlation of pump noise has much influences on the statistical fluctuation of the laser system. Increasing the intensity of pump noise will augment the statistical fluctuation of the laser system, but the intensity of quantum noise and the coefficient of cross-correlation between its real and imaginary parts have less influence on the statistical fluctuation of the laser system. Therefore, from the conclusions of this paper the statistical property can be known and a theoretical basis for steady operation and output of the laser system can be provided.     

平方泵噪声驱动的单模激光立方模型及光强定态概率分布

合理地引入了平方泵噪声到单模激光的立方模型中. 得到封闭的光强朗之万方程. 基于作者早期关于非线性外噪声的近似福克-普朗克方程(AFPE)的工作，得到了光强概率分布的AFPE，求出了该AFPE的归一化定态概率分布的精确解析表达式，并根据表达式对泵噪声实部和虚部之间的关联系数λ的对称性，得出了若干关于系统定态统计性质的普遍结论. 关键词： 平方泵噪声 单模激光的立方模型 光强定态概率分布 统计性质重复出现     

On noise and fluctuations in a synchronously mode-locked cw laser system

A single-shot and synchronously-scanned streak camera, autocorrelation and noise spectrum analysing techniques are utilized to study the output characteristics of synchronously mode-locked cw lasers. Four main conclusions are drawn: (i) the pulse train from a synchronously-pumped dye laser reveals, besides phase jitter, considerable pulse shape fluctuations; (ii) autocorrelation measurements may be highly misleading when actual pulse shapes are considered; (iii) both the phase jitter and pulse shape fluctuations of the dye laser output are caused by the phase fluctuations of the pumping ion laser pulse train; (iv) the phase jitter of the ion laser proceeds from the fluctuations in the cavity roundtrip time with a characteristic time of about 5 s. Under optimum conditions the rms noise of the dye laser output was 2% and the phase jitter with respect to the rf sine drive of the acousto-optical mode-locker, 30 ps. A qualitative explanation fo the noise properties is given.     

1/f alpha noise in spectral fluctuations of quantum systems

The power law 1/f(alpha) in the power spectrum characterizes the fluctuating observables of many complex natural systems. Considering the energy levels of a quantum system as a discrete time series where the energy plays the role of time, the level fluctuations can be characterized by the power spectrum. Using a family of quantum billiards, we analyze the order-to-chaos transition in terms of this power spectrum. A power law 1/f(alpha) is found at all the transition stages, and it is shown that the exponent alpha is related to the chaotic component of the classical phase space of the quantum system.     

Statistical fluctuations in a saturation laser model with correlated noises

We study the effects of correlations between quantum and pump noises on fluctuations of the laser intensity in a saturation laser model. An approximative Fokker--Planck equation and analytic expressions of the steady-state probability distribution function (SPD) of the laser system are derived. Based on the SPD, the normalized mean, the normalized variance, and the normalized skewness of the steady-state laser intensity are calculated numerically. The results indicate that (i) the correlation strength \lambda of correlated noises always enhances the fluctuation of laser intensity; (ii) the correlation time \tau of correlated noises strengthens the fluctuation of laser intensity for the below-threshold case but \tau weakens it for the above-threshold case.     

Stochastic resonance for signal-modulated pump noise in a single-mode laser

By adopting the gain-noise model of the single-mode laser in which with bias and periodical signals serve as inputs, combining with the effect of coloured pump noise, we use the linear approximation method to calculate the power spectrum and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the laser intensity under the condition of pump noise and quantum noise cross-related in the form of δ function. It is found that with the change of pump noise correlation time, both SNR and the output power will occur stochastic resonance (SR). If the bias signal α is very small, changing the intensities of pump noise and quantum noise respectively does not lead to the appearance of SR in the SNR; while α increases to a certain number, SR appears.     

Dynamics of quantum fluctuations in an anharmonic crystal model

For a model given previously by the authors describing a structural phase transition we compute theq-mode critical fluctuations of momentum and displacement as a function of the critical temperatures, the wave vectorq, and a fading-out external field. An explicit dependence on the rates of fading out is obtained. In order to define the critical fluctuation operators we prove a reconstruction theorem, which is of model-independent value. Finally we study the critical spectrum and get rigorous results on the soft modes and the central peak.     

The influence of collective effects on quantum fluctuations of laser radiation

Quantum fluctuations in a laser with two different relaxation times are considered, i.e., transverse (polarization relaxation) and longitudinal (population relaxation) in the case in which the cavity transmission band half-width is much smaller than the transverse width and much larger than the longitudinal one. The lasing frequency detuning from the transition frequency of a two-level system is assumed to be arbitrary in this case, and it is necessary to take into account the contribution of two-particle correlators into the dispersion and laser linewidth. The results are considered as applied to a semiconductor laser.     

High-power quantum well remote junction laser and its electrical noise characteristics

We designed and fabricated new structure lasers, the high-power AlGaAs/GaAs remote junction (RJ) single quantum well (SQW) semiconductor lasers whose p–n junction was separated from the active layer. The RJ lasers showed marked reduction of threshold current during early aging period. This reduction was accompanied by a decrease of non-radiative recombination centers in the active layer. For the RJ SQW lasers, the relation between the low-frequency electrical noise and the lifetime of devices is different from the conventional SQW lasers.     

Time evolution of the intensity correlation function in a single-mode laser driven by both the coloured pump noise with signal modulation and the quantum noise with cross-correlation between the real and imaginary parts

Using the linear approximation, we have studied the time evolution of intensity correlation function C（t） in a single-mode laser driven by both the colored pump noise with signal modulation and the quantum noise with cross-correlation between its real and imaginary parts. In the case of the pump noise self-correlation time, we find that the time evolution of C（t） varies with modulation signal frequency Ω, amplitude B, and net gain ɑ0. (i) As the Ω increases, the time evolution of C（t） experiences a process changing from the monotonous descension to the descension with a flat appearing initially, and finally to the a form of damping oscillation; (ii) As the B increases, it experiences from monotonous descension to the appearance of a maximum; (iii) As the net gain ɑ0 increases, it experiences a process repeatedly changing from the monotonous descension to monotonous ascension, and to the appearance of a maximum, finally to monotonous descension again. However, in the case of, the time evolution of C（t） only exhibits a form of damping oscillation .