Abstract
A model of three-level laser, in which the pumping excites the atoms from the lower lasing level, is considered. The statistical properties of the field are calculated using full quantum treatment. It is shown that apart from threshold there is additional critical value of the pump rate, at which the laser field behaves in a phase-transition-like manner: the photon number drops down, the Fano factor has a strong peak, the relative photon number variance grows enormously, and the second-order coherence function jumps to 2, which is typical for thermal light.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 015802 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-4 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - 1 Jan 2001 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics