Title :
Self-pulsing emission from an optically-pumped bi-directional CH3OH ring laser
Author :
Maeda, K. ; Kodama, Y. ; Sokabe, N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Osaka City Univ., Japan
Abstract :
We report self-pulsing dynamics of an optically-pumped CH3OH molecular ring laser operating at wavelength of 119 μm. The dynamics observed under uni-directional operation includes regular pulsing and period bifurcation. Under bi-directional operation, both the forward and backward output intensity display self-organized dynamics due to mode coupling depending on the medium pressure. Numerical analysis based on an inhomogeneously-broadened three-level model reproduces the observed dynamics.
Keywords :
bifurcation; gas lasers; infrared sources; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; laser tuning; laser variables measurement; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; ring lasers; 119 mum; CH3OH molecular ring laser; backward output intensity; bidirectional ring laser; bifurcation; forward output intensity; inhomogeneously-broadened three-level model; mode coupling; optically-pumped ring laser; regular pulsing; self-organized dynamics; self-pulsing emission; unidirectional operation; Bidirectional control; Bifurcation; Chaos; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Ring lasers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7766-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1277052
