On-off intermittency in the threshold of a continuous-wave Nd : YAG laser

Authors
Gong, SH Kim, CM
Citation
Sh. Gong et Cm. Kim, On-off intermittency in the threshold of a continuous-wave Nd : YAG laser, J OPT SOC B, 18(9), 2001, pp. 1285-1287
Citations number
8
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS
ISSN journal
0740-3224 → ACNP
Volume
18
Issue
9
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1285 - 1287
Database
ISI
SICI code
0740-3224(200109)18:9<1285:OIITTO>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The characteristics of laser operation near threshold in a ew Nd:YAG laser are investigated. In the threshold region the laser operates in the form of pulses. The off states of the laser are intermittently interrupted by chao tic laser burst of the on states. Through an analysis of scaling in laminar phases, we verify that this phenomenon is the same on-off intermittency th at was studied in nonlinear dynamics [Phys. Rev. E 49, 1140 (1994)]. (C) 20 01 Optical Society of America.