Properties of a Lorentz-broadened single-mode unidirectional ring laser
Journal Article
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· J. Opt. Soc. Am. B: Opt. Phys.; (United States)
We study some properties of a single-mode unidirectional ring laser characterized by a Lorentzian inhomogeneous broadening. The emphasis is on the derivation of analytic results. First we determine the various classes of stationary solutions and demonstrate the existence of low-intensity and high-intensity optical bistability. Both types of optical bistability require a finite detuning and inhomogeneous broadening. Next we study the linear stability of the steady solutions and determine the conditions for the occurrence of a Casperson instability in various limits but on resonance.
- Research Organization:
- Service de Chimie-Physique II, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Campus de la Plaine, CP 231, Bruxelles 1050, Belgium
- OSTI ID:
- 5811614
- Journal Information:
- J. Opt. Soc. Am. B: Opt. Phys.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Opt. Soc. Am. B: Opt. Phys.; (United States) Vol. 2:1; ISSN JOBPD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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