ON THE RATE-EQUATION APPROXIMATION FOR FREE-RUNNING MULTIMODE LASERS

Authors
PIEROUX D MANDEL P
Citation
D. Pieroux et P. Mandel, ON THE RATE-EQUATION APPROXIMATION FOR FREE-RUNNING MULTIMODE LASERS, Quantum and semiclassical optics, 9(3), 1997, pp. 17-22
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
Quantum and semiclassical optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
13555111
Volume
9
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
17 - 22
Database
ISI
SICI code
1355-5111(1997)9:3<17:OTRAFF>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
We generalize the Tang, Statz and deMars rate equations by retaining l ow spatial frequency Fourier components of the population inversion. F or homogeneous pumping, the new terms barely influence the results of the usual TSD equations. However, for strongly inhomogeneous pumping, the new rate equations predict an instability leading to a breakup of the CW intensity into pulses which can be either periodic or chaotic.