CHAOS IN A CO2 WAVE-GUIDE LASER DUE TO TRANSVERSE-MODE COMPETITION

被引:11
作者
ARECCHI, FT [1 ]
MEUCCI, R [1 ]
PEZZATI, L [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV FLORENCE, DEPT PHYS, I-50121 FLORENCE, ITALY
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1990年 / 42卷 / 09期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.42.5791
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report on the spontaneous onset of temporal chaos in a waveguide CO2 laser due to the interaction between two transverse modes. A nonstandard configuration of the resonator has been used in order to obtain multitransverse mode operation. Starting from a mirror setting where two modes have a stable coexistence, further tiny variations of the cavity length induce a period-doubling cascade to chaos. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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页码:5791 / 5793
页数:3
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