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    "abstract": "We show that the reduction in photon number fluctuations at laser threshold\noften cited as a fundamental laser property does not occur in typical\nsemiconductor lasers such as the ones commonly used in modern technological\napplications today. Indeed, such lasers may still exhibit thermal intensity\nfluctuations far above threshold. We therefore conclude that sub-thermal\nintensity fluctuations cannot be regarded as a necessary property of laser\nlight. Rather, one should distinguish betwen a thermal laser regime and a\nsub-thermal laser regime.",
    "arxiv_id": "quant-ph/9903017",
    "authors": [
      "Holger F. Hofmann",
      "Ortwin Hess"
    ],
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      "quant-ph",
      "adap-org",
      "cond-mat",
      "nlin.AO",
      "physics.optics"
    ],
    "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevA.62.063807",
    "journal_ref": "Phys.Rev. A62 (2000) 063807",
    "title": "Thermal photon statistics in laser light above threshold",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9903017"
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