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Instabilities in optically pumped infrared lasers

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The unstable emission of an optically pumped FIR gas laser is theoretically analysed through numerical resolution of the associated Maxwell-Bloch equations. The instability domain in the main control parameters space is determined and an example of chaotic behaviour is examined.

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  1. Escola Univ. d'Optica, c/Colón 1, Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain

    J. Pujol & F. Laguarta

  2. Dept. d'Optica, Univ. de Valencia, Burjassot (Valencia), Spain

    R. Vilaseca

  3. Dept. de Física, Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain

    R. Corbalán

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Pujol, J., Vilaseca, R., Corbalán, R. et al. Instabilities in optically pumped infrared lasers. Int J Infrared Milli Waves 8, 299–305 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01014560

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