Mode degeneracies and the petermann excess-noise factor for unstable lasers

Journal of Modern Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-81

  Berry, M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FUNCTIONS; LASERS;

EXCESS NOISE FACTORS; UNSTABLE LASERS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0013202388     PISSN: 09500340     EISSN: 13623044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500340308234532     Document Type: Article

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