Thermal photon statistics in laser light above threshold

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 063807-063801

  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; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF GASES;

LASER THRESHOLD; PHOTON NUMBER FLUCTUATIONS; THRESHOLD NOISE THEORY;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 4244084431     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.62.063807     Document Type: Article

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