Title :
Spontaneous coherent pulsations in laser oscillators
Author :
Casperson, Lee W.
Author_Institution :
University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
fDate :
10/1/1978 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A coherent pulsation effect is reported in which the output of a CW laser oscillator is localized in periodic short bursts of energy. The experimentally observed pulse trains resulting from this instability are in agreement with solutions of the governing quantum mechanical equations and cannot be predicted from the usual rate equation models.
Keywords :
Atom lasers; Atomic beams; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Local oscillators; Maxwell equations; Predictive models; Quantum well lasers;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1978.1069683
