Self-organization of pulsing and bursting in a CO2 laser with opto-electronic feedback

Gallas JA, Gallas J, Freire JG, Meucci R, Areccchi F (2015)


Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2015

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Publisher: American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Book Volume: 25

Pages Range: 097607

Journal Issue: 9

DOI: 10.1063/1.4916923

Abstract

We report a detailed investigation of the stability of a CO 2 laser with feedback as described by a six-dimensional rate-equations model which provides satisfactory agreement between numerical and experimental results. We focus on experimentally accessible parameters, like bias voltage, feedback gain, and the bandwidth of the feedback loop. The impact of decay rates and parameters controlling cavity losses are also investigated as well as control planes which imply changes of the laser physical medium. For several parameter combinations, we report stability diagrams detailing how laser spiking and bursting is organized over extended intervals. Laser pulsations are shown to emerge organized in several hitherto unseen regular and irregular phases and to exhibit a much richer and complex range of behaviors than described thus far. A significant observation is that qualitatively similar organization of laser spiking and bursting can be obtained by tuning rather distinct control parameters, suggesting the existence of unexpected symmetries in the laser control space.

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APA:

Gallas, J.A., Gallas, J., Freire, J.G., Meucci, R., & Areccchi, F. (2015). Self-organization of pulsing and bursting in a CO2 laser with opto-electronic feedback. Chaos, 25(9), 097607. https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4916923

MLA:

Gallas, Jason A., et al. "Self-organization of pulsing and bursting in a CO2 laser with opto-electronic feedback." Chaos 25.9 (2015): 097607.

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