Low Dimensional Chaos in Simple Forced Laser Systems

Abstract

The laser dynamics arising from quasi-resonant interaction between a single mode field and a medium with a homogeneously broadened gain line is described by the equations coupling five variables, namely, the complex field amplitude E, the complex medium polarization P and the real population inversion D. At resonance, E and P are real and the equations reduce to where k, γ1 and γ11 are the relaxation rates of field, polarization and population, respectively, and D0 is the population imposed by the pump.