Issue
J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 49, Number C2, Juin 1988
Optical Bistability - IV
Page(s) C2-363 - C2-366
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:1988285
Optical Bistability - IV

J. Phys. Colloques 49 (1988) C2-363-C2-366

DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:1988285

BEHAVIOR OF A CO2 LASER NEAR THRESHOLD : DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PUMP MODULATION AND LOSS MODULATION

F.T. ARECCHI1, 2, W. GADOMSKI3, R. MEUCCI1 et J.A. ROVERSI4

1  Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, I-50125 Firenze, Italy
2  Also Department of Physics, University of Pirenze, Italy
3  University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
4  Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, S.P., Brasil


Abstract
Different behaviors of a single mode CO2 laser near threshold are observed depending on whether the threshold condition is overcome by varyng the pump or the cavity losses. The difference is accounted for by a suitable model.