Different routes to chaos in the Ti:sapphire laser
- Centro de Investigaciones en Laseres y Aplicaciones (CEILAP), Instituto de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas de las Fuerzas Armadas (CITEFA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas - CONICET, Universidad Nacional de San Martin - UNSAM, San Martin (Argentina)
Kerr-lens mode-locked, femtosecond Ti:sapphire lasers can operate in two coexistent pulsed modes of operation, named P1 (transform limited output pulses) and P2 (chirped output pulses). We study, both theoretically and experimentally, the transition to chaotic behavior for each of these two modes of operation as the net intracavity group velocity dispersion parameter approaches to zero. We find that P1 reaches chaos through a quasiperiodic route, while P2 does it through intermittency. The modulation frequencies involved, the size of the transition regions in the parameter's space, and the embedding and correlation dimensions of the attractors (and also the kurtosis for the intermittent regime) are theoretically predicted and also measured, showing a satisfactory agreement. We consider that this finding of a low-dimensional system of widespread practical use with (at least) two coexistent chaotic scenarios will have a broad impact on the studies on nonlinear dynamics.
- OSTI ID:
- 20646437
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 70; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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