Quantum equations of motion for multimode laser generation with a spatial dependence of the atom interaction with the field taken into account

We derive equations of motion for the electromagnetic field operators a_q′ ⁺ a_q″ for a three-level multimode laser with a spatial dependence of the interaction of atoms with the field of a standing wave in a cavity taken into account. We calculate and analyze the dynamics of means of photon numbers in the field modes and of the correlation function of field modes. We explore the effect of intermode correlations on the dynamics of establishing stationary laser generation. We find that taking the spatial dependence of the interaction of atoms with the field and the intermode correlation into account in investigating the means of photon numbers leads to revealing new properties of laser generation, such as saturation of the laser radiation intensity in a single-mode regime and generation of short light pulses of side below-threshold modes with the amplitudes depending on the initial state of the field in a cavity.