Abstract
We consider the dynamics of an inhomogeneously broadened unidirectional ring laser formulated in the traditional Maxwell-Bloch configuration of a two-level atom with transverse modes. We numerically analyze the model for a single-longitudinal mode in the paraxial approximation, using the uniform field limit with cylindrical symmetry and a Gaussian profile for inhomogeneous broadening. Several domains of solutions are found for the resonant case in the good cavity limit. The laser threshold is found to be dependent on the mode spacing as well as on the gain and scaled Doppler broadening. Hysteresis between stable and unstable solutions is obtained in realistic operating conditions for both increasing (decreasing) gain and increasing (decreasing) mode spacing (i.e., for changes in the initial conditions).
© 1991 Optical Society of America
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