Abstract
Instabilities associated with bistable branches of positive differential gain are investigated numerically in a ring-cavity bistable device, allowing for transverse variation of the laser beam. Additional instability domains beyond those predicted by plane-wave analysis are shown to occur. The nature of the bifurcation sequences within each domain is different from the plane-wave case and is characterized by quasiperiodic and frequency-locked behavior. Some sequences are very similar to experimentally observed bifurcations in hydrodynamics.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 3442-3445 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Physical Review A |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1982 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics