Polarization and spatial competition in a transverse multimode CO2 laser
Year: 2003
Authors: Leyva I., Allaria E., Meucci R.
Autors Affiliation: Istituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata, Largo E. Fermi 6, 50125 Firenze, Italy; Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, c/Tulipan s/n, 28933 Mostoles Madrid, Spain
Abstract: We experimentally study the polarization dynamics during the switch-on transient of a quasiisotropic CO2 laser emitting on the TEM01* mode. We observe a complex dynamics in which a spatial mode and polarization competition are involved. The observed dynamics is well reproduced by means of a model that provides a quantitative discrimination between the intrinsic asymmetry due to the kinetic coupling of molecules with different angular momenta and the residual extrinsic anisotropies due to cavity misalignments.
Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW A
Volume: 68 (5) Pages from: 053806-1 to: 053806-8
KeyWords: Zeeman laser; Semiconductor-lasers; Light-polarization; Pattern-formation; Isotropic laser
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.68.053806
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Citations: 6
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