Published April 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Bichromatic emission and multimode dynamics in bidirectional ring lasers

  • 1. Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avancats, IMEDEA, UIB-CSIC, Esporles, E-07190 (Spain)
  • 2. Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8LT (United Kingdom)
  • 3. Instituto de Fisica Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos, IFISC, UIB-CSIC, Campus UIB, Palma de Mallorca, E-07122 (Spain)

Description

The multimode dynamics of a two-level ring laser is explored numerically using a bidirectional traveling wave model retaining the spatial effects due to the presence of counter-propagating electric fields in the population inversion. Dynamical regimes where the emission in each direction occurs at different wavelengths are studied. Mode-locked unidirectional emission for large gain bandwidth and relatively small detuning is reported.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
81
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 043817-043817.13
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42001875
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ELECTRIC FIELDS; EMISSION; GAIN; POPULATION INVERSION; RING LASERS; TRAVELLING WAVES; WAVELENGTHS
Descriptors DEC
AMPLIFICATION; LASERS

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