We examine the application of the slowly varying envelope approximation (SVEA) to the study of the laser with optical feedback, comparing the monochromatic modes obtained using a SVEA approximation with those emerging from a full treatment of the Maxwell-Bloch equations in a coupled cavity formulation of the laser with optical feedback [A. A. Duarte and H. G. Solari Phys. Rev. A 58, 614 (1998)]. While the SVEA approximation in the body of laser produces reliable results, the same approximation applied to the boundary conditions completely distorts the metamorphosis of the spectrum present in the original model, yet far from the transition region the SVEA gives acceptable results. The failure of the SVEA at the metamorphosis is related to the high sensitivity of the dispersion relations [Formula Presented] with respect to frequency changes. © 2001 The American Physical Society.
Documento: | Artículo |
Título: | Slowly varying envelope approximation in a laser with optical feedback |
Autor: | Duarte, A.A.; Solari, H. |
Filiación: | Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Año: | 2001 |
Volumen: | 64 |
Número: | 3 |
Página de inicio: | 5 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.64.033803 |
Título revista: | Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics |
Título revista abreviado: | Phys Rev A |
ISSN: | 10502947 |
Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_10502947_v64_n3_p5_Duarte |