ISSN:
1432-0649
Keywords:
42.50 Tj
;
42.65. Es
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract The dynamics of individual modes of a cw multimode dye laser in a 2-mirror configuration has been studied theoretically and experimentally. Numerical solutions of the laser rate equations including nonlinear mode coupling exhibit chaotic and stochastic behavior in the regime of high and low power, respectively. Chaotic behavior due to mode coupling has been observed in the operating regime well above threshold. The mode dynamics in this case is characterized by a chaotic attractor with low dimension between 2 and 3. With decreasing laser power the dimension increases, suggesting stochastic behavior due to quantum noise in the limit of the laser threshold.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00686472
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