Instabilities and Chaotic Behavior of Active and Passive Laser Systems.

Abstract

The main thrust has been to investigate the occurrence of unstable behaviors in active and passive quantum optical systems. Considerable theoretical progress has been made with optical bistability to the point that no additional efforts appear to be needed on this front. Research is still very active, instead, to understand the origin of pulsations and chaos in lasers with an injected signal, laser systems with a nonuniform transverse intensity profile, and inhomogeneously broadened high-gain lasers. Keywords include: Laser Stability, Optical Bistability, Laser Amplification, Optical Systems, Quantum Optical Systems, Lasers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA153366

Entities

People

  • L. M. Narducci

Organizations

  • Drexel University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Differential Equations
  • Dye Lasers
  • Electrons
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Free Electron Lasers
  • Free Electrons
  • Frequency
  • High Gain
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Science
  • Lasers
  • Optics
  • Oscillation
  • Physics
  • Quantum Optics
  • Standing Waves
  • Steady State

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Quantum Computing