INVESTIGADORES
LAROTONDA Miguel Antonio
capítulos de libros
Título:
Chaos and Bistability in Kerr Lens mode locked Lasers
Autor/es:
ALEJANDRO A. HNILO; MARCELO G. KOVALSKY; MIGUEL A. LAROTONDA
Libro:
Recent Advances in Laser Dynamics: Control and Synchronization
Editorial:
Research Signpost
Referencias:
Lugar: Kerala, India; Año: 2008; p. 169 - 219
Resumen:
The Kerr-lens effect is at the basis of the modern technology to generate short and ultrashort laser pulses. It also produces a wide variety of interesting dynamical behaviors, as period doubling, different types of chaos and multi-stability. We review the theoretical and experimental studies performed on solid state lasers (namely: diode-pumped Nd:YAG and Ti:Sapphire) in recent years. We focus on the description of the dynamics using iterative maps and the comparison with observed results. We also discuss the possibility to enlarge the stable range of operation of femtosecond lasers using a simple scheme of chaos control.
