High Order Coherence Functions and Spectral Distributions as Given by the Scully-Lamb Quantum Theory of the Laser Academic Article

abstract

• We propose and demonstrate a method for measuring the time evolution of the off-diagonal elements n,n+k(t) of the reduced density matrix obtained from the quantum theory of the laser. The decay rates of the off-diagonal matrix element n,n+k(t) (k = 2,3) are measured for the first time and compared with that of n,n+1(t), which corresponds to the linewidth of the laser. The experimental results agree with the Scully-Lamb quantum theory of the laser.

authors

• Scully, Marlan

published proceedings

• FRONTIERS IN PHYSICS

altmetric score

• 0.25

author list (cited authors)

• Peng, T., Zhao, X., Shih, Y., & Scully, M. O.

citation count

• 0

complete list of authors

• Peng, Tao||Zhao, Xingchen||Shih, Yanhua||Scully, Marlan O

publication date

• April 2021

publisher

• Frontiers  Publisher

published in

• Frontiers in Physics  Journal

keywords

• Density Matrix
• Heterodyne Detection
• High Order Coherence
• Quantum Theory Of The Laser
• Spectral Line Distribution

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.3389/fphy.2021.657333

start page

• 657333

volume

• 9

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2021.657333