Chinese Physics Letters
Effects of Correlations Between the Real and Imaginary Parts of Quantum Noise on Intensity Fluctuation for a Single-Mode Laser
Xie Chong-Wei, Mei Dong-Cheng
Abstract
We study the effects of correlations between the real and imaginary parts of quantum noise on the intensity fluctuation for a single-mode laser. The analytic expressions of the intensity correlation function C (τ) and the associated relaxation time T c in the case of a stable locked phase resulting from the cross-correlation λ q between the real and imaginary parts of quantum noise are derived by means of projection operator method. Based on numerical computations it is found that the presence of cross-correlations between the real and imaginary parts of quantum noise causes the intensity fluctuation to increase. A slowing-down phenomenon exists in the sense that T c increases as a function of |λ q |. Thus the decay of intensity fluctuation becomes slower.