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unified colored noise approximation. It is found that there is a critical relation
between the noise intensity and the correlation time so that there is a transition line
separating the mono-stable region and the bi-stable region. Given the noise intensity
and the correlation time, the single-mode laser system undergoes a successive phase
transition by varying the departure of the non-Gaussian noise from the Gaussian
noise. Meanwhile, as indicated in the phase diagram, for some regions of values of
noise intensity and correlation time, the system turns to a bi-stable phase. Then, for
fixed value of correlation time and increased noise intensity beyond some thresh-
old value, the system undergoes a transition to a mono-stable phase. If the noise
intensity is further fixed and the correlation time is increased beyond some thresh-
old value, the system goes back to a bi-stable phase. This type of non-equilibrium
transition phenomenon is called reentrance phenomenon.
The single-mode laser model with random fluctuation is a particular prototype in
describing the effects of noises and may be subject to various kinds of noise sources.
This study, therefore, extends the application of the single-mode laser model by
introducing the non-Gaussian noise. The phenomena found in this paper provide a
basis for experimental research and technological applications of the laser system.
Acknowledgments This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation
of China under Grant Nos. 10702025, 10972032, and 70771005, in part by the Excellent Young
Scholars Research Fund of Beijing Institute of Technology under Grant No. 2008Y0175, Beijing
Municipal Commission of Education Project under Grant No. 20080739027, and the Ministry of
Education Foundation of China under Grant No. 20070004045.
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