Stability analysis of a bidirectional homogeneously broadened ring laser
Year: 1984
Authors: Mandel P., Abraham N.B.
Autors Affiliation: Université Libre de Bruxelles, Service de Chimie-Physique II, Campus Plaine CP 231, Bruxelles 1050, Belgium;
Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Largo E. Fermi 6, 50125 Arcetri – Firenze, Italy
Abstract: Reference is made to an earlier paper (Mandel and Agrawal, 1982) in which it has been shown that the symmetric solution for a resonantly tuned bidirectional ring laser is always unstable above the threshold, whereas the asymmetric solution has a finite domain of stability. These results are analyzed more closely in the present study, and it is shown that the stable steady states are only weakly stable since the relaxation rates are high. Thus, a transition from one direction of propagation to the other can be easily induced by any kind of perturbation. An analysis is also made of the validity of the commonly used approximation involving a truncated harmonic expansion and the adiabatic elimination of the polarization.
Journal/Review: OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS (PRINT)
Volume: 51 (2) Pages from: 87 to: 90
KeyWords: field mode theory; gas lasers; laser stabilityCitations: 11data from “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) are update at: 2024-04-28References taken from IsiWeb of Knowledge: (subscribers only)