Origin of Chaotic Relaxation Oscillations in an Optically Pumped Molecular Laser
- 21 December 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 59 (25) , 2868-2871
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.59.2868
Abstract
We show that pump-induced modifications to the gain and dispersion profiles can induce a weak side-band modulation which acts as a driving term to sustain chaotic relaxation oscillations in a single-mode, resonant, optically pumped molecular laser. Our study suggests that a careful two- or more-parameter unfolding of higher-codimension bifurcations should lead to a wealth of nonlinear dynamical behavior within easy access of current experiments.Keywords
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