Quantum theory of laser and optical-bistability instabilities. Academic Article

abstract

• We present the first reported fully quantum-mechanical theory of laser/optical-bistability instabilities that shows how cavity side modes grow from spontaneous emission. Because of three-wave mixing, a two-peaked spontaneous-emission spectrum is obtained in contrast to the three-peaked spectrum of resonance fluorescence. The theory is a multimode extension of Scully-Lamb theory that shows how population pulsations, combination tones, mode locking, and phase conjugation occur with quantum-mechanical fields.

authors

• Zubairy, Muhammad

published proceedings

• Opt Lett

author list (cited authors)

• Sargent Iii, M., Zubairy, M. S., & Demartini, F.

citation count

• 18

complete list of authors

• Sargent Iii, M||Zubairy, MS||Demartini, F

publication date

• February 1983

publisher

• Optica Publishing Group  Publisher

published in

• Optics Letters  Journal

keywords

• 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle And Plasma Physics

PubMed Central ID

• 19714141

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1364/ol.8.000076

start page

• 76

end page

• 78

volume

• 8

issue

• 2