International Colloquium on X-ray Lasers / Colloque International sur les Lasers Rayons X
J. Phys. Colloques 47 (1986) C6-321-C6-326
DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:1986639
THE ROLE OF DISPERSIVE FORCES IN THE ONSET OF SUPERRADIANT BEATING
F. BRUGÈ1, C. LEONARDI2 et A. VAGLICA21 Gruppo CRRNSM, Istituto di Fisica dell'Università, via Archirafi 36, I-90123 Palermo, Italy
2 Gruppo Nazionale CNR e Centro Interuniversitario MPI di Struttura della Materia, Istituto di Fisica dell'università, Via Archirafi 36, I-90123 Palermo, Italy
Abstract
Superradiance is a stochastic process which shows macroscopic shot to shot fluctuations in some of the properties of the emitted pulse. These fluctuations may have microscopic and quantum-mechanical origin. The aim of this paper is to discuss a simple and hopefully intriguing example of one of the approaches used to deal with the statistical properties of this process.