ENTRAINMENT OF SOLID-STATE LASER ARRAYS

被引:46
作者
BRAIMAN, Y
KENNEDY, TAB
WIESENFELD, K
KHIBNIK, A
机构
[1] CORNELL UNIV, CORNELL THEORY CTR, ITHACA, NY 14853 USA
[2] RUSSIAN ACAD SCI, INST MATH PROBLEMS BIOL, PUSHCHINO 142292, RUSSIA
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1995年 / 52卷 / 02期
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevA.52.1500
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We find that the natural antiphasing tendency in linear solid-state laser arrays can be overcome by an injected field, even if the N elements are not identical. We derive a condition for full entrainment that agrees well with numerical simulations using experimentally accessible parameters. The resulting output intensity saturates near the maximum coherent value of NZ times that of a single laser. We find that the entrained output can be modulated in a prescribed manner by a suitable choice of the injected field.
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页码:1500 / 1506
页数:7
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