Dynamics of coherently pumped lasers with linearly polarized pump and generated fields
- 1 August 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 48 (2), 1483-1496
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.48.1483
Abstract
The influence of light polarization on the dynamics of an optically pumped single-mode laser with a homogeneously broadened four-level medium is theoretically investigated in detail. Pump and laser fields with either parallel or crossed linear polarizations are considered, as are typical in far-infrared-laser experiments. Numerical simulations reveal dramatically different dynamic behaviors for these two polarization configurations. The analysis of the model equations allows us to find the physical origin of both behaviors. In particular, the crossed-polarization configuration is shown to be effective in decoupling the pump and laser fields, thus allowing for the appearance of Lorenz-type dynamics.Keywords
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