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Bifurcation phenomena in a laser with saturable absorber. II

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Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter

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We continue the investigation of the bifurcation diagram of a laser with saturable absorber in the low and medium intensity regimes. Using a two-parameter perturbation expansion and a two-time analysis, we are able to discuss the stability of all stationary solutions in these regimes. This leads us to prove that up to three critical points exist where stable monomode self-pulsing, i.e. passiveQ-switching, may arise spontaneously.

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  1. T. Erneux (Aspirant FNRS)

    Present address: Service de Chimie-Physique II, Association Euratom-Etat Belge, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Plaine U.L.B. Boulevard du Triomphe, CP231, B- 1050, Bruxelles, Belgium

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  1. Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University, Illinois, USA

    T. Erneux (Aspirant FNRS)

  2. Service de Chimie-Physique II, Association Euratom-Etat Belge, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Plaine U.L.B. Boulevard du Triomphe, CP231, B- 1050, Bruxelles, Belgium

    P. Mandel (Chercheur Qualifié FNRS)

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Erneux, T., Mandel, P. Bifurcation phenomena in a laser with saturable absorber. II. Z. Physik B - Condensed Matter 44, 365–374 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01294175

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