Self-pulsing and chaos in an extended-cavity diode laser with intracavity atomic absorber

Citation
F. Di Teodoro et al., Self-pulsing and chaos in an extended-cavity diode laser with intracavity atomic absorber, INT J B CH, 8(9), 1998, pp. 1801-1809
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIFURCATION AND CHAOS
ISSN journal
02181274 → ACNP
Volume
8
Issue
9
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1801 - 1809
Database
ISI
SICI code
0218-1274(199809)8:9<1801:SACIAE>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
An experimental investigation of the temporal dynamics of a diode laser sub ject to optical feedback from an external cavity containing a cell filled w ith cesium vapor has been performed. Peculiar dynamic regimes, such as self -pulsing, low-dimensional, and high-dimensional chaos, characterized by a n ew time scale, much longer than the time scales of all instabilities taking place in diode lasers under standard feedback conditions, have been identi fied.