Stable oscillations in a bistable, bidirectional CO2 ring laser
Abstract
The existence of spontaneous self-modulation and mode-switching in a bidirectional ring laser is demonstrated experimentally and theoretically. The process involves at least two different characteristic frequencies. Experimental records of the temporal behavior and associated power spectra for various operating conditions are shown.
- Publication:
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A
- Pub Date:
- December 1984
- DOI:
- 10.1098/rsta.1984.0129
- Bibcode:
- 1984RSPTA.313..411T
- Keywords:
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- Carbon Dioxide Lasers;
- Laser Modes;
- Optical Bistability;
- Power Spectra;
- Ring Lasers;
- Stable Oscillations;
- Light Modulation;
- Maxwell Equation;
- Numerical Integration;
- Switching;
- Wave Propagation;
- Lasers and Masers