Observation of the ‘‘Brownian motion’’ of the electric field in a laser
- 1 February 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 35 (3) , 1453-1456
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.35.1453
Abstract
Critical dynamics of the laser field near the threshold of oscillation is investigated and observation of the Brownian motion of the electric field amplitude driven by quantum noise is reported. Experimental results agree well with the nonlinear oscillator model of the laser.Keywords
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