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Optical bistability in gaussian inhomogeneously broadened ring lasers with saturable absorber

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The optical bistability (OB) in Gaussian inhomogeneously broadened ring lasers with saturable absorber (LSA) in both resonance and out-of-resonance is theoretically analyzed in the rate-equation approximation based on the dual two-level model. The OB effect may appear for appropriate sets of LSA control parameter values which can be displayed in phase diagrams. The characteristics of the OB curves as well as their stability behavior are analytically and numerically studied in detail. The influence of the control parameters, including detuning, are investigated and displayed in the figures. A brief comparison with the Lorentzian case is given as well.

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  1. Department of Physics, College of Natural Sciences, Hanoi National University, 334 Nguyen Trai Road, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Phung Quoc Bao & Dinh Van Hoang

  2. P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii Pr. 53, 117924, Moscow, Russia

    Vu Van Luc

  3. Institute of Material Science, Vietnam National Centre for Natural Science and Technology, Nghia Do, Tu Liem, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Vu Van Luc

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Paper submitted by authors in English April 20, 1999.

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Quoc Bao, P., Van Hoang, D. & Van Luc, V. Optical bistability in gaussian inhomogeneously broadened ring lasers with saturable absorber. J Russ Laser Res 20, 307–316 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02508652

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