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Physical Review A

Numerical simulation of an injection-locked sub-Poissonian laser: Quadrature squeezing

D. A. Ivanov

Published Apr 20, 2010• 0 citations
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Abstract

The master equation for a regularly pumped laser with coherent injection has been numerically solved using quantum trajectories. The onset of quadrature squeezing of the intracavity light has been observed. The case where the injection is switched well after the pumping has been considered.
DOI
10.1103/physreva.81.045801

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