POLARIZATION DYNAMICS OF A DUAL-FREQUENCY LASER WITH A NEARLY ISOTROPIC RESONATOR IN THE PRESENCE OF ANISOTROPIC FEEDBACK

Authors
CHO K LEE S LEE Y MEAD PF DAVIS CC
Citation
K. Cho et al., POLARIZATION DYNAMICS OF A DUAL-FREQUENCY LASER WITH A NEARLY ISOTROPIC RESONATOR IN THE PRESENCE OF ANISOTROPIC FEEDBACK, Optical and quantum electronics, 27(5), 1995, pp. 495-502
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Optical and quantum electronics → ACNP
ISSN journal
03068919
Volume
27
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
495 - 502
Database
ISI
SICI code
0306-8919(1995)27:5<495:PDOADL>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The polarization dynamics of a dual-frequency, nearly isotropic He-Ne laser in the presence of weak anistropic feedback were studied. Depend ing on the location of the perturbed mode under the gain curve, three distinctive hysteresis characteristics were observed. These hysteresis characteristics are distinguished by the height and width of the corr esponding hysterograms. These switching dynamics are explained qualita tively in terms of the stability analysis of Lamb's multimode laser th eory.