Abstract
In a micromaser, the evolution of cavity-field entropy and the Fano factor with the injected atomic number is investigated with and without the rotating-wave approximation. The micromaser may become a decreasing-entropy system under specific system parameters. Virtual-photon processes cause an additional quantum oscillation which relates to the atom–field coupling constant and the field frequency.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 945-954 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of Modern Optics |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| Publication status | Published - May 1998 |