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For all lasers and other coherent light sources, certain properties of the generated light field show quantum mechanical distributions in ensembles of identical experiments. For example, in a gas laser operating at steady state, the phase of each field mode is uniformly distributed [1]. For a Raman laser in the linear regime, the photon number is exponentially distributed [2]. In all these cases, the quantum mechanical distribution can be calculated from the initial quantum state of the device.
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A recent experimental study of quantum distributions in mode coefficients of a Raman laser is reported in: DC. MacPherson, RC. Swanson and JL. Carlsten, Phys. RevA39, 3487 (1989).
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The harmonic case has been studied extensively. Exact density matrix calculations are presented in: MJ. Collett, Phys. Rev.A35, 2233 (1988). In the anharmonic case, only reduced density matrix calculations for the main oscillator have been done so far. A recent paper is: D.J. Daniel and G.J. Milburn, Phys. Rev.A39, 4628 (1989).
The harmonic case has been studied extensively. Exact density matrix calculations are presented in: MJ. Collett, Phys. Rev.A35, 2233 (1988). In the anharmonic case, only reduced density matrix calculations for the main oscillator have been done so far. A recent paper is: DJ. Daniel and GJ. Milburn, Phys. Rev.A39, 4628 (1989).
H. Haken, “Laser Theory”, Springer, New York 1983, Chap. IV.9.a.
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Druhl, K.J., Windenberger, C. (1989). Self-Observation and Self-Referral in Lasers: An Analysis of the Transition from Quantum to Classical Behavior. In: Eberly, J.H., Mandel, L., Wolf, E. (eds) Coherence and Quantum Optics VI. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0847-8_45
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