Instabilities and chaos in optics
Anno: 1988
Autori: Arecchi F.T.
Affiliazione autori: Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Largo E. Fermi 6, 50125 Firenze, Italy and Dept. of Physics, University of Firenze, Italy
Abstract: The onset of deterministic chaos in lasers is studied by referring to low dimensional systems, in order to isolate the characteristics of chaos from the random fluctuations due to the coupling with a thermal reservoir. For this purpose, attention is focused on single mode homogeneous line lasers, whose dynamics is ruled by a low number of coupled variables. In the examined cases, experiments and theoretical model are in close agreement. In particular I describe Shilnikov chaos, how it can be characterized, and the strong resulting coupling between nonlinear dynamics and statistical mechanics.
Giornale/Rivista: PHYSICA SCRIPTA
Volume: T23 Da Pagina: 160 A: 164
Parole chiavi: ChaosDOI: 10.1088/0031-8949/1988/T23/030Citazioni: 6dati da “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) aggiornati al: 2025-05-18Riferimenti tratti da Isi Web of Knowledge: (solo abbonati) Link per visualizzare la scheda su IsiWeb: Clicca quiLink per visualizzare la citazioni su IsiWeb: Clicca qui
