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We show numerically and analytically that the technique using a combination of optoelectronic feedback loops allows one to realize new time scale regimes in solid state lasers. In a self mode-locked laser, the combination of negative and positive feedback enables the realization of nonlinear dynamics similar to the logistic map. In quasi-CW mode, the combination leads to a laser output in the form of a square wave with a period of two cavity-round-trip times. The proposed approach paves the way to a regular pulsation with a period of three or four cavity-round-trip times as well.
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Gorbunkov, M.V., Maslova, Y.Y., Petukhov, V.A. et al. Round-Trip-Time Nonlinear Dynamics of Electro-Optically-Controlled Solid State Lasers. J Russ Laser Res 35, 492–500 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10946-014-9452-1
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