Generalized radiation-field quantization method and the Petermann excess-noise factor

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 4 B, 2003, Pages

  Cheng, Yuh Jen ^a   Siegman, A E ^b  

^a Onetta Inc   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LASER RESONATORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

PETERMANN EXCESS NOISE FACTOR; RADIATION FIELD QUANTIZATION METHOD;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY;

EID: 18244424269     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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