Transverse mode competition leading to chaos in a waveguide CO2 laser

Year: 1991

Authors: Arecchi F.T., Meucci R., Pezzati L.

Autors Affiliation: Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Florence, Italy

Abstract: We report experimental evidence of the spontaneous onset of chaos in a waveguide CO2 laser due to the nonlinear interaction between two transverse modes with the same longitudinal index.

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KeyWords: Chaos Theory; Optics–Nonlinear; Waveguides, Optical, Transverse Modes, Lasers, Carbon Dioxide
DOI: 10000000000