laser dynamics with feedback
- 1 October 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 52 (4), 3176-3182
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.52.3176
Abstract
The validity of the four-level model is controlled in an experiment with a laser with electronic feedback. A global application of center manifold theory allows one to reduce the number of varieties from six to four. Qualitative differences are found with the case of loss modulations.
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