Multistability and hysteresis phenomena in passive mode-locked lasers

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作者
Komarov, AK [1 ]
Komarov, KP [1 ]
机构
[1] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Automat & Electrometry, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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10.1103/PhysRevE.62.R7607
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O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
We present the analysis of laser passive mode-locking described by complex Ginzburg-Landau equation with a saturable gain and with a nonlinearity of losses decreasing as radiation intensify increases. The hysteresis dependence of the number of pulses in steady state on pump power has been found. The laser operation there with is multistable: the number of pulses in the established regime depends on the initial state.
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