Instabilities and Chaos in Quantum Optics II

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Laser (and Maser) Instabilities

   1. 25 Years of Laser Instabilities

      • L. A. Lugiato, L. M. Narducci, J. R. Tredicce, D. K. Bandy

      Pages 1-25

   2. Shil’nikov Chaos in Lasers

      • F. T. Arecchi

      Pages 27-39

   3. Instabilities in Fir Lasers

      • C. O. Weiss

      Pages 41-52

   4. Analysis of Instability and Chaos in Optically Pumped Three Level Lasers

      • R. G. Harrison, J. V. Moloney, J. S. Uppal, W. Forysiak

      Pages 53-68

   5. Theory and Experiments in the Laser with Saturable Absorber

      • Ennio Arimondo

      Pages 69-82

   6. Gas Laser Instabilities and their Interpretation

      • Lee W. Casperson

      Pages 83-98

   7. Experimental Studies of Instabilities and Chaos in Single-Mode, Inhomogeneously Broadened Gas Lasers

      • N. B. Abraham, M. F. H. Tarroja, R. S. Gioggia

      Pages 99-122

   8. Multistability and Chaos in a Two-Photon Microscopic Maser

      • L. Davidovich, J. M. Raimond, M. Brune, S. Haroche

      Pages 123-137

   9. Bistable Behavior of a Relativistic Electron Beam in a Magnetic Structure (Wiggler)

      • R. Bonifacio, L. De Salvo Souza

      Pages 139-146

3. Classical and Quantum Noise

   1. Pump Noise Effects in Dye Lasers

      • M. San Miguel

      Pages 147-162

   2. Quantum Chaos in Quantum Optics - Lectures on the Quantum Dynamics of Classically Chaotic Systems

      • Robert Graham

      Pages 163-192

4. Transverse Effects

   1. Transverse Effects in Nonlinear Optics

      • J. V. Moloney

      Pages 193-218

   2. Spatial Chaos in Bistable Optical Arrays

      • W. J. Firth

      Pages 219-230

   3. Instabilities in Passive Optical Systems: Temporal and Spatial Patterns

      • L. A. Lugiato, C. Oldano, L. M. Narducci, R. Lefever

      Pages 231-245

5. Dynamics in Optical Bistability and Nonlinear Optical Media

   1. Ikeda Delayed-Feedback Instabilities

      • H. M. Gibbs, D. L. Kaplan, F. A. Hopf, Martine LeBerre, Elisabeth Ressayre, Andree Tallet

      Pages 247-255

   2. Experimental Investigation of the Single-Mode Instability in Optical Bistability

      • A. T. Rosenberger, L. A. Orozco, H. J. Kimble

      Pages 257-263

   3. Dynamics of Optical Bistability in Sodium and Transient Bimodality

      • Wulfhard Lange

      Pages 265-280

   4. Optical Bistability: Introduction to Nonlinear Etalons; GaAs Etalons and Waveguides; Regenerative Pulsations

      • Hyatt M. Gibbs

      Pages 281-295

   5. Spatial and Temporal Instabilities in Semiconductors

      • Ian Galbraith, Hartmut Haug

      Pages 297-310

This volume contains tutorial papers from the lectures and seminars presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Instabilities and Chaos in Quantum Optics", held at the "Il Ciocco" Conference Center, Castelvecchio Pascoli, Lucca, Italy, June 28-July 7, 1987. The title of the volume is designated Instabilities and Chaos in Quantum Optics II, because of the nearly coincident publication of a collection of articles on research in this field edited by F.T. Arecchi and R.G. Harrison [Instabilities and Chaos in Quantum Optics, (Springer, Berlin, 1987) 1. That volume provides more detailed information about some of these topics. Together they will serve as a comprehensive and tutorial pair of companion volumes. This school was directed by Prof. Massimo Inguscio, of the Department of Physics, University of Naples, Naples, Italy to whom we express our gratitude on behalf of all lecturers and students. The Scientific Advisory Committee consisted of N.B. Abraham of Bryn Mawr College; F.T. Arecchi of the National Institute of Optics in Florence and the University of Florence, and L.A. Lugiato of the Politechnic Institute of Torino. The school continues the long tradition of Europhysics Summer Schools in Quantum Electronics which have provided instruction and training for young researchers and advanced students working in this field for almost twenty years.

• Maser
• laser
• nonlinear optics
• optics
• semiconductor

• Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, USA

  N. B. Abraham

• University of Florence and National Institute of Optics, Florence, Italy

  F. T. Arecchi

• Turin Polytechnic, Turin, Italy

  L. A. Lugiato

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