A CELLULAR-AUTOMATON MODEL FOR COOPERATIVE EFFECTS IN MATTER-RADIATION INTERACTION - THE SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER

Authors
CATTANEO G MAGNI F MILANI M RIGOTTI M
Citation
G. Cattaneo et al., A CELLULAR-AUTOMATON MODEL FOR COOPERATIVE EFFECTS IN MATTER-RADIATION INTERACTION - THE SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER, Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. B, Relativity, classical and statistical physics, 111(7), 1996, pp. 863-877
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. B, Relativity, classical and statistical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
11241888
Volume
111
Issue
7
Year of publication
1996
Pages
863 - 877
Database
ISI
SICI code
1124-1888(1996)111:7<863:ACMFCE>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A two-dimensional cellular-automaton (CA) model is proposed for a semi conductor laser system, showing qualitative behaviour in agreement wit h actual performances. The relevance of this approach to the descripti on of the switching on of catastrophic optical damage in the active ma terial and the subsequent dynamics is discussed. Promising aspects are underlined such as the possibility of describing complex-geometry cav ities or laser cavities that are changing in time.