Physical Review A
Intensity correlation functions for dye lasers with white gain noise
J. M. Noriega, Luis Pesquera, M. A. Rodrguez
Abstract
We consider a single-mode dye-laser model with gain parameter fluctuations modeled by a white noise. The decay of the intensity correlation function C(t) is analyzed with the use of a method based on the combination of the low- and high-frequency expansions of the Laplace transform of C(t). The correlation function is approximated by a superposition of two decaying exponentials. Numerical simulations show that this approximation is accurate. We analyze the relaxation of C(t) in the domain of parameters, gain parameter close to the pump parameter, in which the white-gain-noise model reproduces the initial slow decay of C(t). It is found that the intensity correlation function does not show two separated time scales as observed experimentally.