Phase Transition Theory of Many-Mode Ordering and Pulse Formation in Lasers

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Gordon, Ariel ^a   Fischer, Baruch ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREE ENERGY; HAMILTONIANS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

MEAN FIELD THEORY (MFT); PASSIVE MODE LOCKING (PML);

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 0037009605     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.103901     Document Type: Article

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