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Rate equation filtering in a semiclassical instability

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Some features of experimentally observed laser instabilities seem to be in agreement with the predictions of simple rate equation models, even though those models are intrinsically stable. A possible interpretation for this rate equation behaviour in a particular low threshold semiclassical instability is considered here.

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  1. Lee W. Casperson

    Present address: Department of Electrical Engineering, Portland State University, 97207-0751, Portland, Oregon, USA

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

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Casperson, L.W. Rate equation filtering in a semiclassical instability. Opt Quant Electron 23, 53–63 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00619520

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