Multistability and autostochasticity in a laser with a delayed-response active medium subjected to periodic loss modulation

Journal Article · Mon Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984 · Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE1984v014n10ABEH006417· OSTI ID:6058854

Matorin, I I; Pikovskii, A S; Khanin, Y I

A theory of multistability of a cw single-mode laser with a delayed-response active medium is developed. It is shown that harmonic modulation of the losses (even to a relatively small depth) generates a complex resonance structure in the laser response. Nonlinear resonances at harmonics and subharmonics of the modulation frequency give rise to numerous hysteretic effects. A transition to a dynamic chaos regime under these conditions may result from bifurcation schemes of both soft and hard types. A theory is developed and compared with the results of experimental investigations of multistability and autostochasticity exhibited by solid-state and CO/sub 2/ lasers with periodic modulation of the Q factor of the resonator.

• Research Organization: Institute of Applied Physics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Gorki
• OSTI ID: 6058854
• Journal Information: Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 14:10; ISSN SJQEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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