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Optics Communications

Solution of the quantum-Fokker-Planck equation for dispersive optical bistability in terms of matrix continued fractions

Karl Vogel, H. Risken

Published Apr 1, 1987• 5 citations
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10.1016/0030-4018(87)90065-4

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For the model of Drummond and Walls [J. Phys. A 13, 725 (1980)] describing dispersive optical bistability, the s-parametrized quasidistributions W(\ensuremath{\alpha},s) introduced by Cahill and Glauber [Phys. Rev. A 117, 1882 (1969)] are investigated. The equation of motion for W(\ensuremath{\alpha},s) generally has derivative terms up to third order. For the Q function (s=-1) and the P function (s=1) the third-order terms vanish. The equation of motion is then a pseudo-Fokker-Planck equation, i.e., a Fokker-Planck equation where the diffusion matrix is not positive definite or semidefinite. It is shown that the equation of motion with the inclusion of third-order-derivative terms can be solved by the matrix continued-fraction method. In particular, results for the Wigner function (s=0) are presented and compared with the results of the Q function (s=-1). Furthermore, the results are compared also with those obtained from the equation of motion for the Wigner function where the third-order-derivative terms have been neglected.