Photon Distribution in a Saturated Laser

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Which distribution is most likely to describe the number of photons in a saturated laser?

  • Normal distribution
  • Exponential distribution
  • Poisson distribution (correct)
  • Uniform distribution

What type of distribution does the number of photons in a saturated laser have to be?

  • Poisson distribution
  • Normal distribution
  • Uniform distribution
  • Bose-Einstein distribution (correct)

What happens to the distribution of the number of photons in a saturated laser as the average number of photons increases?

  • It remains the same
  • It becomes random
  • It becomes more and more narrow (correct)
  • It becomes wider

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