Quantum-limited linewidth of a chaotic laser cavity

Details Quantum-limited linewidth of a chaotic laser cavity Quantum-limited linewidth of a chaotic laser cavity

1999-05-13

arxiv.org/abs/chao-dyn/9905019v2

Phys. Rev. A 61, 23810 (2000)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

4 pages, 2 figures; corrected an error in Fig. 1

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.61.023810

A random-matrix theory is presented for the linewidth of a laser cavity in which the radiation is scattered chaotically. The linewidth is enhanced above the Schawlow-Townes value by the Petermann factor K, due to the non-orthogonality of the cavity modes. The factor K is expressed in terms of a non-Hermitian random matrix and its distribution is calculated exactly for the case that the cavity is coupled to the outside via a small opening. The average of K is found to depend non-analytically on the area of the opening, and to greatly exceed the most probable value.

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