Unfolding of the period-two bifurcation in a fiber laser pumped with two modulation tones

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 7223-7231

  Newell, T C ^a   Gavrielides, A ^a   Kovanis, V ^a   Sukow, D ^a   Erneux, T ^b   Glasgow, S A ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; CHAOS THEORY; DYNAMICS; LASER BEAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OSCILLATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

PITCHFORK BIFURCATION; PUMP MODULATION; UNFOLDING;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0031371727     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.56.7223     Document Type: Article

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