Photon statistics in saturated m-photon amplification and attenuation of coherent light
Abstract
The change of photon statistics of a nearly coherent single-mode light beam travelling through a saturable m-photon-amplifying or absorbing medium ( m = 1, 2, …) is theoretically investigated. With the help of an approximation scheme valid for overlinen ≫ 1, Δ n2 ≪ overlinen2 ( overlinen mean value and Δ n2 variance of the photon number) an analytical expression is derived for the quantity Δ n2/ overlinen. The results holds for arbitrary values of the initial population inversion and of the degree of saturation. It turns out that for both amplification and attenuation processes after sufficiently strong interaction Δ n2/ overlinen tends to an asymptotic value.
- Publication:
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Optics Communications
- Pub Date:
- March 1982
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0030-4018(82)90204-8
- Bibcode:
- 1982OptCo..41...21M
- Keywords:
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- Coherent Light;
- Light Amplifiers;
- Multiphoton Absorption;
- Nonlinear Optics;
- Population Inversion;
- Quantum Statistics;
- Photonics;
- Propagation Modes;
- Saturation;
- Statistical Analysis;
- Transmission Loss;
- Wave Attenuation;
- Lasers and Masers