Abstract

Recently¹ a detailed analysis was given for the role played by laser phase fluctuations in NL optics. In that work, the existence of new extra resonances induced by stochastic fluctuations was predicted, based on a derivation starting from the phase diffusion model. In this work we present the results of numerical simulations of laser phase fluctuations. The optical Bloch equations are solved numerically for a phase fluctuating laser. A model of a piecewise constant phase jumping at random between all values is treated, and other models are discussed. Molecular collisions are simulated and compared to phase fluctuations. The collisions give rise to the pressure-induced extra resonance (PIER4), while the phase jumps give rise to stochastic fluctuations-induced extra resonance (SFIER). These simulations show clearly that phase fluctuations may be analogous to real collisions and may cause extra resonances, and indeed, the SFIER4 resonance has recently been observed experimentally.²

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