CHAOTIC BEHAVIOR OF A CO-MGF2 LASER WITH MODULATED LOSSES

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作者
SCHNEIDEROVA, M
MALY, P
机构
[1] Department of Chemical Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1990年 / 41卷 / 11期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.41.6522
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We have investigated the dynamical behavior of a Co:MgF2 laser with modulated losses by using rate equations for a four-level laser. The system displays both regular and chaotic behavior similar to that of a laser with modulated pump intensity. We have shown that there is an important difference between the laser with modulated losses and that with a modulated pump: The former corresponds to an oscillator with an external driving force, and the latter is a parametric oscillator with an external force, the amplitude of which depends on frequency. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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页码:6522 / 6525
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