Role of pumping statistics in maser and laser dynamics: Density-matrix approach. Academic Article

abstract

• We discuss in detail the influence that the statistical properties of the pump source have on maser and laser dynamics. We derive a general master equation for the radiation field that is valid for a wide range of different pump mechanisms. If the pump noise is eliminated, we find that the photon number noise in a micromaser and a laser can be significantly reduced below the shot-noise level. In contrast, the phase fluctuations for both maser and laser are unaffected by the noise contribution of the pump. 1989 The American Physical Society.

authors

• Scully, Marlan

published proceedings

• Phys Rev A Gen Phys

author list (cited authors)

• Bergou, J., Davidovich, L., Orszag, M., Benkert, C., Hillery, M., & Scully, M. O.

citation count

• 88

complete list of authors

• Bergou, J||Davidovich, L||Orszag, M||Benkert, C||Hillery, M||Scully, MO

publication date

• November 1989

publisher

• American Physical Society (APS)  Publisher

published in

• Physical review. A, General physics  Journal

PubMed Central ID

• 9902770

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1103/physreva.40.5073

start page

• 5073

end page

• 5080

volume

• 40

issue

• 9

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physreva.40.5073