Experimental evidence for self-pulsing and chaos in CW-excited lasers
Abstract
The results of several experimental investigations of instabilities and chaos in simple CW-excited laser systems are reviewed. Attention is given to three particular topics, including instabilities and chaotic behavior in single mode standing wave Fabry-Perot lasers in the 3.51 micron line in xenon; instability in self-pulsing lasers with a xenon transition; and mode-mode interaction and couplings in two-mode and three-mode lasers making transitions from free-running to mode-locked operation. Several areas for future research are identified, the role of new instruments such as Faraday Rotation Isolators in the study of ring laser instability phenomena is discussed.
- Publication:
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Laser Physics
- Pub Date:
- 1983
- DOI:
- 10.1007/3-540-12305-9_7
- Bibcode:
- 1983LNP...182..107A
- Keywords:
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- Cavity Resonators;
- Chaos;
- Continuous Wave Lasers;
- Doppler Effect;
- Laser Stability;
- Ring Lasers;
- Self Oscillation;
- Helium;
- Oscillographs;
- Xenon;
- Lasers and Masers