Polarization effects in the dynamics of optically pumped lasers

Alexander M. Kul'minskii; Carles Serrat; Ramon Alavedra Vilaseca; Ramon Corbalan

doi:10.1117/12.239166

29 April 1996 Polarization effects in the dynamics of optically pumped lasers

Alexander M. Kul'minskii, Carles Serrat, Ramon Alavedra Vilaseca, Ramon Corbalan

Proceedings Volume 2792, Laser Optics '95: Nonlinear Dynamics in Lasers; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.239166
Event: Laser Optics '95, 1995, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Abstract

We have carried out a series of numerical experiments on the dynamic behavior of J=0 yields J=1 yields J=0 lasers optically pumped by a linearly polarized laser field and operating either: (1) with a strongly anisotropic cavity yielding fixed linear laser field polarization at any angle (theta) with that of the pump beam, or (2) with an isotropic cavity and an axial magnetic field. In the first case (1) we show that by changing (theta) the steady-states experience a smooth monotonic variation, but the dynamic states undergo a complex sequence of bifurcations. In case (2) we find that the laser field is always linearly polarized, but for some parameter settings we report the first observation that the plane of polarization together with the laser intensity change chaotically.

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Alexander M. Kul'minskii, Carles Serrat, Ramon Alavedra Vilaseca, and Ramon Corbalan "Polarization effects in the dynamics of optically pumped lasers", Proc. SPIE 2792, Laser Optics '95: Nonlinear Dynamics in Lasers, (29 April 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.239166

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