THEORY OF THE FUNDAMENTAL LASER LINEWIDTH .2.

被引:16
作者
GOLDBERG, P
MILONNI, PW
SUNDARAM, B
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF LOS ALAMOS SCI LAB, DIV THEORET, LOS ALAMOS, NM 87545 USA
[2] CUNY COLL STATEN ISL, STATEN ISL, NY 10301 USA
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1991年 / 44卷 / 07期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.44.4556
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A recent theory of the fundamental laser linewidth developed by the authors is extended to include the effects of the Henry alpha parameter. The usual (1 + alpha-2) enhancement of the linewidth is shown to be increased for arbitrary output coupling by spatial hole burning. A total enhancement factor is derived that multiplies the Schawlow-Townes linewidth and takes into account line broadening due to amplification of quantum noise as well as that due to phase-amplitude coupling.
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页码:4556 / 4563
页数:8
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