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Submicrosecond regular and chaotic nonlinear dynamics in a pulsed picosecond Nd:YAG laser with millisecond pumping

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We propose and study both numerically and experimentally a feedback-controlled laser system capable of generating regular bursts with a submicrosecond period. Bursting is obtained in a laser that is controlled by a combination of feedbacks in which the negative feedback loop action is delayed by one cavity round trip with respect to the positive one, and the period is adjusted by relative feedback sensitivity. The proper combination of feedbacks is realized in a Nd:YAG laser with millisecond pumping by means of a single optoelectronic negative feedback unit that utilizes the signal reflected from an intracavity Pockels cell polarizer. Regular bursting (microgroups of picosecond pulses) with controlled periods from 25 to 75 cavity round trips is obtained experimentally. The development of chaotic dynamics displayed by the system at a higher pumping level differs from the Feigenbaum scenario.

© 2009 Optical Society of America

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