Multistable laser through a nonlinear mirror
- 1 March 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 27 (3) , 1435-1440
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.27.1435
Abstract
In this paper we show that a multistable laser is realizable by the use of a nonlinear medium as one of the resonant cavity mirrors. Using the semiclassical laser theory we derive a gain function with many maxima. The resulting gain equation has many real solutions. We discuss the possible application in switching by use of a suitable external perturbation.Keywords
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