Thursday, May 21

10:00 AM-12:00 PM Ballroom II - Level B

MS45
Dynamics of Laser Arrays: Coherence, Chaos and Control

Advances in the design and fabrication of laser arrays have led to great interest in the power, coherence, and stability properties of the light emitted by these arrays. This minisymposium will address important issues in the mathematical modelling of laser arrays including comparisons of predicted dynamics with experimental observations. The connections between coherence and dynamical behavior and the control of these properties will be an important aspect of the minisymposium presentations and discussions to be given by leading experts in the field. Advances in the design and fabrication of laser arrays have led to great interest in the power, coherence and stability properties of the light emitted by these arrays.

Organizer: Rajarshi Roy
Georgia Institute of Technology

10:00 Nonlinear Dynamics of Semiconductor Laser Arrays
Herbert G. Winful, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
10:30 Design of Laser Resonators for Enhanced Spatial Coherence and Mode Control
James R. Leger, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
11:00 Two Coupled Lasers
Thomas Erneux, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium; A. Hohl, A. Gavrielides, and V. Kovanis, Phillips Laboratory
11:30 Entrainment of Coupled Solid State Lasers
T. A. Brian Kennedy, Y. Braiman, A. Khibnik, and Kurt Wiesenfeld, Georgia Institute of Technology

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