Dynamics of circularly polarized eigenstates in lasers with nonweak atomic coupling

J. C. Cotteverte; F. Bretenaker; A. Le Floch

doi:10.1364/OL.16.000572

Dynamics of circularly polarized eigenstates in lasers with nonweak atomic coupling

J. C. Cotteverte, F. Bretenaker, A. Le Floch

University of Rennes

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Abstract

It is shown theoretically and experimentally that the two circularly polarized eigenstates of a laser oscillating on a nonweak atomic coupling transition exhibit two types of vectorial bistability. A rotation and an inhibition mechanism are isolated, depending on the eigenfrequency difference of the two eigenstates. For both mechanisms, the evolution of the hysteresis loop with this frequency difference shows good agreement with a phenomenological Landau’s potential model.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	572-574
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	16
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.16.000572
Publication status	Published - 15 Apr 1991
Externally published	Yes

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Dynamics of circularly polarized eigenstates in lasers with nonweak atomic coupling

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