Title :
Threshold and large amplitude self-oscillations in a saturable Rayleigh-gain ring cavity
Author :
Le Berre, Martine ; Ressayre, Elisabeth ; Tallet, Andree
Author_Institution :
Lab. de Photophys. Moleculaire, Univ. de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
fDate :
3/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Periodic instabilities which occur in the output beam of a ring cavity containing a short cell of passive homogeneously broadened two-level atoms are studied as a function of the atomic detuning and the mode spacing in a high-finesse cavity. The output characteristics are found to be very sensitive to the round-trip time of the light through the cavity and to the refractive index. Conditions for the occurrence of large-amplitude self-oscillation are given in terms of these two parameters
Keywords :
cavity resonators; optical bistability; optical saturation; atomic detuning; high-finesse cavity; large amplitude self-oscillations; mode spacing; output beam; output characteristics; passive homogeneously broadened two-level atoms; periodic instabilities; refractive index; round-trip time; saturable Rayleigh-gain ring cavity; short cell; threshold; Atomic beams; Bifurcation; Chaos; Delay; Frequency; Laser excitation; Optical feedback; Probes; Stability analysis; Steady-state;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
