Abstract
A single-mode laser subject to weak external optical feedback is a multi-stable system with regard to the selection of external modes. A statistical equilibrium theory is constructed based on the introduction of a characteristic "thermodynamic" potential from which several features such as, operation frequencies, stability, external mode switching statistics and linewidth narrowing factors immediately follow.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 209-214 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Optics Communications |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue number | 3-4 |
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| Publication status | Published - 15 Feb 1991 |