| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 361 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Content13; -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Part I Basic tools -- 1 Rate equations -- 1.1 Dimensionless equations -- 1.2 Steady states and linear stability -- 1.3 Turn-on transients -- 1.4 Transfer function -- 1.5 Dynamical system -- 1.6 Spontaneous emission -- 1.7 Semiconductor lasers -- 1.8 Exercises and problems -- 2 Three- and four-level lasers -- 2.1 Energy level schemes in lasers -- 2.2 Three-level lasers -- 2.3 Four-level lasers -- 2.4 Exercises and problems -- 3 Phase dynamics -- 3.1 Phase-locking in laser dynamics -- 3.2 Vectorial laser in presence of Faraday driving -- 3.3 Adler's equation -- 3.4 Laser with an injected signal -- 3.5 Counterpropagating waves in ring class A lasers -- 3.6 Coupled lasers -- 3.7 Exercises and problems -- 4 Hopf bifurcation dynamics -- 4.1 Electrical feedback -- 4.2 Ikeda system -- 4.3 From harmonic to pulsating oscillations -- 4.4 Exercises -- Part II Driven laser systems -- 5 Weakly modulated lasers -- 5.1 Driven Adler's equation -- 5.2 Weakly modulated class B lasers -- 5.3 Exercises and problems -- 6 Strongly modulated lasers -- 6.1 Generalized bistability -- 6.2 Map for the strongly modulated laser -- 6.3 Dual tone modulation near period-doubling bifurcation -- 7 Slow passage -- 7.1 Dynamical hysteresis -- 7.2 Slow passage through a bifurcation point -- 7.3 Period-doubling bifurcation -- 7.4 Slowfast dynamics -- 7.5 Exercise -- Part III Particular laser systems -- 8 Laser with a saturable absorber -- 8.1 LSA parameters -- 8.2 LSA basic phenomena -- 8.3 Rate equations -- 8.4 PQS in CO2 lasers -- 8.5 Exercises and problems -- 9 Optically injected semiconductor lasers -- 9.1 Semiconductor lasers -- 9.2 Injection-locking -- 9.3 Adler's equation -- 9.4 Experiments and numerical simulations -- 9.5 Stability of the steady states -- 9.6 Nonlinear studies -- 9.7 A third order Adler's equation -- 9.8 Exercises and problems -- 10 Delayed feedback dynamics -- 10.1 History -- 10.2 Imaging using OFB -- 10.3 Optoelectronic oscillator -- 10.4 Exercises -- 11 Far-infrared lasers -- 11.1 Vibrational bottleneck -- 11.2 Lorenz chaos in the FIR laser -- 11.3 Dual gain line instability -- 11.4 Exercises -- 12 Optical parametric oscillator -- 12.1 Parametric processes -- 12.2 Semiclassical model for the DOPO -- 12.3 Experiments on TROPO-DOPO -- 12.4 TROPO-DOPO and temperature effects -- 12.5 Intracavity singly resonant parametric oscillator -- 12.6 Intracavity SHG -- 12.7 Antiphase dynamics in intracavity SHG -- 12.8 Frequencies -- 12.9 Antiphase dynamics in a fiber laser -- 12.10 Exercises -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
"Bridging the gap between laser physics and applied mathematics, this book offers a new perspective on laser dynamics. Combining fresh treatments of classic problems with up-to-date research, asymptotic techniques appropriate for nonlinear dynamical systems are shown to offer a powerful alternative to numerical simulations. The combined analytical and experimental description of dynamical instabilities provides a clear derivation of physical formulae and an evaluation of their significance. Starting with the observation of different time scales of an operating laser, the book develops approximation techniques to systematically explore their effects. Laser dynamical regimes are introduced at different levels of complexity, from standard turn-on experiments to stiff, chaotic, spontaneous or driven pulsations. Particular attention is given to quantitative comparisons between experiments and theory. The book broadens the range of analytical tools available to laser physicists and provides applied mathematicians with problems of practical interest, making it invaluable for graduate students and researchers"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Lasers -- Mathematical models
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Dynamics.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Lasers & Photonics.
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Dynamics
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Lasers -- Mathematical models
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Glorieux, Pierre
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| ISBN |
9780511776205 |
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0511776209 |
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0511773625 |
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9780511773624 |
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