Transient statistics in a CO2-laser with a slowly swept pump

Year: 1990

Authors: Ciofini M., Meucci R., Arecchi F.T.

Autors Affiliation: Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Largo E. Fermi 6, 50125 Firenze, Italy;
Department of Physics, University Of Florence, Italy

Abstract: The near-threshold behavior of a single-mode CO2 laser has been investigated by applying a linear modulation to the excitation current. The associated delayed bifurcation has been characterized in terms of first-passage-time distributions for different sweep rates. A theoretical model provides good agreement with the experimental data. In particular, we are able to assign the initial photon number below threshold.

Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW A

Volume: 42 (1)      Pages from: 482  to: 486

KeyWords: CO2 laser
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.42.482

Citations: 25
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