INTENSITY FLUCTUATIONS IN MULTIMODE LASERS WITH SPATIAL HOLE BURNING

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作者
OTSUKA, K [1 ]
GEORGIOU, M [1 ]
MANDEL, P [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV LIBRE BRUXELLES, B-1050 BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS & EXPRESS LETTERS | 1992年 / 31卷 / 9A期
关键词
MULTIMODE LASERS; SPATIAL HOLE-BURNING; CROSS-SATURATION; ANTIPHASE MOTION; RELAXATION OSCILLATIONS;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.31.L1250
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
The intensity fluctuations in multimode lasers with spatial hole burning are investigated. We give experimental evidence for a self-organized collective behavior resulting from the cross saturation dynamics of spatially hole-burned lasers, in which each mode is characterized by N relaxation oscillation frequencies omega(l) (l = 1, 2, 3, ..., N; N: number of oscillating modes), while the total output exhibits a unique relaxation oscillation at the highest frequency in omega(l) which coincides with that in a single mode laser.
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页码:L1250 / L1252
页数:3
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