Moments of the intensity of a single-mode laser driven by coloured pump noises with a cross-correlation between the real and imaginary parts of the quantum noise
Zhang Li (张莉)ab, Cao Li (曹力)acd, Wu Da-Jin (吴大进)cd
a State Key Laboratory of Laser Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; b Hubei Automobile Industry Institute, Shiyan 442002, China; c CCAST (World Laboratory), P. O. Box 8730, Beijing 100080, China; d Department of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
Abstract By means of the unified coloured noise approximation and phase lock, we study in this paper the stationary intensity distribution of the single-mode laser cubic model driven by coloured pump noise with cross-correlation between the real and imaginary parts of the quantum noise. We present a thorough discussion of how the cross-correlation $\lambda_q$ between the real and imaginary parts of the quantum noise and the self-correlation time $\tau$ of the pump noise determine the behaviours of the mean intensity 〈I〉 and variance $\lambda_2$ (0) for both below and above the threshold operation, and many new phenomena are discovered. When the laser is operated above the threshold, increasing the cross-correlation intensity $\lambda_q$ makes the 〈I〉－$\tau$ curves exhibit a "re-entrant phase transition". Whether the laser is above or below the threshold, the whole 〈I〉－$\tau$ curve moves down as $\lambda_q$ increases; however, when $\lambda_q$=1 (perfect cross-correlation), the curve abruptly runs up. A nonzero value of cross-correlation time $\tau$ ($\tau$≠0) leads to the entire $\lambda_2$(0)－p′ curve being suppressed (here p′ is the pump noise intensity). This indicates the increasing precision of the laser beam due to the existence of the self-correlation time $\tau$. The behaviour of the $\lambda_2$ (0)－p′ curve as a function of $\lambda_q$ is similar to that of the 〈I 〉－$\tau$ curve against $\lambda_q$: that is, whether the laser is above or below the threshold, the $\lambda_2$ (0)－p′ curve moves up as $\lambda_q$ increases; however, when $\lambda_q$=1, the curve suddenly moves down. Through the study in this paper, we can find a way to optimize for output laser intensity.
Received: 16 May 2003
Revised: 15 September 2003
Accepted manuscript online:
PACS:
42.50.Lc
(Quantum fluctuations, quantum noise, and quantum jumps)
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 10275025).
Cite this article:
Zhang Li (张莉), Cao Li (曹力), Wu Da-Jin (吴大进) Moments of the intensity of a single-mode laser driven by coloured pump noises with a cross-correlation between the real and imaginary parts of the quantum noise 2004 Chinese Physics 13 353
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