dc.contributor.author | Newell, Timothy | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Gavrielides, Athanasios | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Kovanis, Vassilios | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Sukow, David | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Erneux, Thomas | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Glasgow, S. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2007-09-27T08:46:53Z | en_US |
dc.date.available | 2007-09-27T08:46:53Z | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 1997-12 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Physical Review E 56N6 (1997) 7223-7231 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1095-3787 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1850/4903 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The effect of a small second frequency component on a pump modulated neodymium fiber laser is investigated experimentally and theoretically. This term, whose frequency is exactly half the primary driver, incites an unfolding of the attractor. It breaks the period two pitchfork bifurcation and splits the period one orbit. The modification of the bifurcation diagram is studied analytically by employing a map derived from the class B laser rate equations. We determine specific conditions and scaling laws for this phenomenon. Our analytical predictions are in good agreement with recorded experimental data. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | T.C.N. would like to thank the National Research Council for supporting this work. This research was partially supported by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research Grant No. AFOSR F49620-94-1-0007, the National Science Foundation Grant No. DMS-9308009, the Fonds National de la Recherche Scientific (Belgium), and the InterUniversity Attraction Pole of the Belgian government. The authors would like to thank Pierre Glorieux for illuminating discussions. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | American Physical Society | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | vol. 56 | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | no. 6 | en_US |
dc.title | Unfolding of the period-two bifurcation in a fiber laser pumped with two modulation tones | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.56.7223 | |