Multimode dynamics in bidirectional laser cavities by folding space into time delay
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1Dept. de Física, Univ. Illes Balears, Ctra. de Valldemossa, km 7.5, E-07122 Palma, Spain. julien.javaloyes@uib.es
Optics Express
|April 20, 2012
Abstract:
Multimode dynamics in bidirectional laser cavities can be accurately described by folding space into time delay. This results in a set of delayed algebraic equations that preserve the dynamics of all cavity modes while drastically reducing number of degrees of freedom. This reduction allows for both linear stability analysis and bifurcation diagram reconstruction, as well as integration times reduced by orders of magnitude.

