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A laser with intracavity saturable absorber showing optical bistability is investigated through the simultaneous injection of modulation and noise on the pumping parameter; stochastic resonance is exhibited in the measured signal-to-noise ratio of the laser intensity.
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Fioretti, A., Guidoni, L., Mannella, R. et al. Evidence of stochastic resonance in a laser with saturable absorber: Experiment and theory. J Stat Phys 70, 403–412 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01053976
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