1ST PASSAGE TIME ANALYSIS OF METASTABLE STATES IN LASER PHASE-TRANSITIONS

被引:4
作者
BULSARA, AR
SCHIEVE, WC
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[1] Center for Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics, The University of Texas, Austin
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10.1016/0030-4018(78)90228-6
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We consider a laser with a saturable absorber, exhibiting a first order phase transition whth a metastable state below threshold. The stability of this metastable state relative to the true equilibrium solution (corresponding to zero electric field) is analysed through a calculation of the first passage time for the decay of the metastable state. © 1978.
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