Title :
On-off intermittency near the threshold of mode-locking in Nd:YAG laser
Author :
Volodchenko, K.V. ; Ivanov, V.N. ; Lee, Dae-Sik ; Kim, Chil-Min
Author_Institution :
Center for Controlling Optical Chaos, Pai-Chai Univ., Taejon, South Korea
Abstract :
Characteristics of laser operation near the threshold are investigated in a mode-locked Nd:YAG laser. Near the threshold, the off-states of the laser operation are interrupted by the chaotic laser pulsations of on states intermittently. The intermittent behavior is reproduced in computer simulation and show that the phenomenon is the very on-off intermittency
Keywords :
laser mode locking; neodymium; optical chaos; yttrium compounds; Nd:YAG laser; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; chaotic laser pulsations; intermittent behavior; mode-locked Nd:YAG laser; mode-locking threshold; off-states; on states; on-off intermittency; Chaos; Equations; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Laser tuning; Optical pulses; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Control of Oscillations and Chaos, 2000. Proceedings. 2000 2nd International Conference
Conference_Location :
St. Petersburg
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6434-1
DOI :
10.1109/COC.2000.873560
