Looking for Polarization Catastrophies in Quasi-Isotropic Lasers

M. Bourouis; S. Laniepce; G. Stephan; P. Glanznig; P. Paddon; W. Xiong; A. D. May

doi:10.1364/NLDOS.1990.LD283

Nonlinear Dynamics in Optical Systems
Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 1990),
paper LD283
•https://doi.org/10.1364/NLDOS.1990.LD283

Looking for Polarization Catastrophies in Quasi-Isotropic Lasers

M. Bourouis, S. Laniepce, G. Stephan, P. Glanznig, P. Paddon, W. Xiong, and A. D. May

Nonlinear Dynamics in Optical Systems 1990

Afton, Oklahoma United States
4–8 June 1990
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M. Bourouis, S. Laniepce, G. Stephan, P. Glanznig, P. Paddon, W. Xiong, and A. D. May, "Looking for Polarization Catastrophies in Quasi-Isotropic Lasers," in Nonlinear Dynamics in Optical Systems, Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 1990), paper LD283.

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Abstract

Quasi-isotropic lasers with anisotropic feedback display a rich variety of polarization behaviour. In this article we present calculations that predict sudden discontinuities (catastrophies) in the width of the polarization hysteresis loop.

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