COUPLED LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE SELF-ORGANIZATION IN LASERS INDUCED BY TRANSVERSE-MODE LOCKING

Authors
LOUVERGNEAUX E SLEKYS G DANGOISSE D GLORIEUX P
Citation
E. Louvergneaux et al., COUPLED LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE SELF-ORGANIZATION IN LASERS INDUCED BY TRANSVERSE-MODE LOCKING, Physical review. A, 57(6), 1998, pp. 4899-4904
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
57
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
4899 - 4904
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1998)57:6<4899:CLATSI>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Self-organization, resulting from the locking of two different family eigenmodes in a CO2 laser, is investigated in a coupled longitudinal a nd transverse approach. We show that within the near-field;region the spatial evolution of the transverse pattern along the propagation axis involves bistability and symmetry breaking. The dynamics of prelockin g, already suggesting the locked pattern to come, is also described.