Excess noise for coherent radiation propagating through amplifying random media

Abstract

A general theory is presented for the photodetection statistics of coherent radiation that has been amplified by a disordered medium. The beating of the coherent radiation with the spontaneous emission increases the noise above the shot-noise level. The excess noise is expressed in terms of the transmission and reflection matrices of the medium, and evaluated using the methods of random-matrix theory. Inter-mode scattering between $N$ propagating modes increases the noise figure by up to a factor of $N$, as one approaches the laser threshold. Results are contrasted with those for an absorbing medium.

8 pages, 6 figures

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