Abstract

As opposed to those laser (class A) for which transient behavior was historically studied [1]. Class B lasers are characterized by a peak in the output power that follows a rather long delay compared to the cavity roundtrip time when the laser is started by a sudden change of the pump parameter. Analytical studies of the statistical properties of this system predict that the distributions of points representing peak height versus delay time will have a positive slope in the presence of additive noise [2]. Previous measurements have confirmed these predictions and noted the influence of different kinds of noise on the statistical distributions [3].

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