Quasi-probability Q for a single-atom laser generating in the 'semi-classical' regime

Abstract

In the paper a model of a single-atom laser with incoherent pumping is theoretically investigated. In the stationary case, a linear homogeneous differential equation for the phase-averaged Hussimi Q-function is derived from the equation for the density operator of the system. In the regime when the coupling of the field with an atom is many times stronger than the coupling of the field with the reservoir providing its decay, an asymptotic solution of this equation is found. This solution makes it possible to describe some statistical features of a single-atom laser, in particular the weak sub-Poissonian photon statistics.