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Phys. Rev. A 53, 3490 - 3496 (1996)

Transverse-mode selection in single-longitudinal-mode lasers

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Oscar G. Calderón
Departamento de Óptica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain

Víctor M. Pérez-García
Departamento de Matematicas, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales, Universidad de Castilla–La Mancha, Campus Universitario s/n, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain

I. Martín
Departamento de Informática y Automática, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain

J. M. Guerra
Departamento de Óptica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain

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Received 19 July 1995

In this paper we analyze the transverse pattern-forming characteristics of a two-level and single-longitudinal-mode laser. The corrections to the classical empty cavity modes due to pumping and losses are specifically considered, leading to different excitation rates for the different transverse modes. The near-threshold excitation rates provide a selection mechanism that is studied and compared to the results from numerical simulations of the Maxwell-Bloch equations. © 1996 The American Physical Society.


©1996 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.53.3490
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.53.3490
PACS: 42.60.Mi, 05.45.+b

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Erratum: Oscar G. Calderón, Víctor M. Pérez-García, I. Martin, and J. M. Guerra, Erratum: Transverse-mode selection in single-longitudinal-mode lasers, Phys. Rev. A 54, 2514 (1996)

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