Coexistence of thermal noise and squeezing in the intensity fluctuations of small laser diodes

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1926-1933

  Hofmann, Holger F ^a   Hess, Ortwin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTONS; PUMPING (LASER); THERMAL NOISE;

MULTIMODE SQUEEZING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0034361158     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.001926     Document Type: Article

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