Stochastic resonances in an optical two-order parameter vectorial system

Phys Rev Lett. 2001 Nov 19;87(21):213901. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.213901. Epub 2001 Oct 31.

Abstract

We show experimentally that optical two-dimensional systems such as vectorial lasers can exhibit novel stochastic resonances. All optical noise and modulation of this system allows the isolation of so-called inhibitional and rotational stochastic resonances. In particular, incoherent rotational tunneling is shown to be sensitive enough to be also induced by Faraday noise and by quantum noise, i.e., external spontaneous emission.