Characterization of the instabilities of a single-mode inhomogeneously broadened unidirectional ring laser and the study of the statistical properties of a chaotic output of the laser
Thesis/Dissertation
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OSTI ID:5234449
Inhomogeneously broadened single-mode lasers have been shown to exhibit instabilities. A comprehensive characterization of these instabilities using a xenon-helium unidirectional ring laser is presented. A comparison of the experimental results with the numerical results using a model for an inhomogeneously broadened single-mode model due to Narducci, Lugiato, Abraham and Bandy is also made. For both the experimental and numerical studies, the homodyne and the heterodyne power spectra are used to characterize the laser instabilities. The instabilities observed using the xenon-helium ring laser include chaotic pulsations of the intensity. This suggests that the laser instabilities may be characterized using the same techniques used in other nonlinear dynamical systems. Specifically, the correlation dimension, D{sub 2}, of the experimental and numerical data sets are calculated.
- Research Organization:
- Bryn Mawr Coll., PA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5234449
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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