Issue
J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 49, Number C2, Juin 1988
Optical Bistability - IV
Page(s) C2-149 - C2-151
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:1988235
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. TORRENT2

1  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.