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Annalen der Physik

Fluktuationen beim optischen parametrischen Oszillator

W. Brunner, Henryk Paul, A. Bandilla

Published Jan 1, 1971• 5 citations
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Abstract In a heuristic manner – analogous to the procedure known from laser theory – the correlation functions for the fluctuation operators (Langevin forces) connected with the spontaneous decay of pump photons into both signal and idler photons as well as the loss mechanism for the radiation are calculated.
DOI
10.1002/andp.19714820110

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