title: Photon statistics of a laser with slow inversion.
abstract: We have measured the photon number probability distribution of a laser in which the inversion is not slaved to the field. For the experiments, we have used a Nd(3+):YVO(4) laser which has a sufficiently slow inversion to allow measurement of the photon fluctuations at a time scale much shorter than that of the relaxation oscillations. The photon distribution function becomes highly nonstandard (i.e., non-Poissonian) in such a laser; this is consistent with available theoretical work. We point out the relevance of our results for the case of the semiconductor microlaser.
authors: Huygens Laboratory, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9504, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Lien
authors: S M
authors: SM
authors: de Vries
authors: N J
authors: NJ
authors: van Druten
authors: M P
authors: MP
authors: van Exter
authors: J P
authors: JP
authors: Woerdman