Abstract
We observe the route from laser-off to laser-on in a CO2 laser. On the route, on-off intermittency appears, which is caused by discharge instability near the laser threshold. By analyzing the probability distribution of a laminar phase near the onset of the intermittency, we confirm that what we have observed is on-off intermittency. We reproduce the intermittency through a numerical simulation of the laser rate equations.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2112-2116 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 12 |
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| State | Published - Dec 2004 |