Theory of phase-locking of globally coupled laser arrays

Year: 1995

Authors: Kourtchatov S.Y., Likhanskii V.V., Napartovich A.P., Arecchi F.T., Lapucci A.

Autors Affiliation: Troitsk Institute of Innovation and Thermonuclear Research, Pushkovyh Street 142092, Troitsk, Moscow Region, Russia;
Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Largo Enrico Fermi 6, 50125 Florence, Italy

Abstract: We have carried out an investigation of the globally coupled laser array with randomly spread eigenfrequencies. It is shown that as this spread increases, either the laser action vanishes or the coherent steady-state regime is replaced by a phase-unlocked regime. The regions of the stable phase locking have been analytically and numerically determined. It is found that the gain inertia leads to cooperative phase-locking effects when the maximum detuning is close to the relaxation frequency.

Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW A

Volume: 52 (5)      Pages from: 4089  to: 4094

KeyWords: Chaos; Phase locking; Lasers
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.52.4089

Citations: 72
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