Optical Bistability - IV
J. Phys. Colloques 49 (1988) C2-149-C2-151
DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:1988235
FIRST PASSAGE TIME DISTRIBUTION FOR DELAYED LASER THRESHOLD INSTABILITY
M. SAN MIGUEL1 et M.C. TORRENT21 Departament de Física, Universitat Illes Balears, SP-07071 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2 Departament d'Estructura i Constituents de la Matèria, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 647, SP-08028 Barcelona, Spain
Abstract
The delay in the threshold instability induced by a sweep of cavity losses is characterized by a calculation of a first passage time distribution. Two different cases corresponding to slow and fast sweeping rates are considered.