title: Self-similarities in the frequency-amplitude space of a loss-modulated CO2 laser.
abstract: We show the standard two-level continuous-time model of loss-modulated CO2 lasers to display the same regular network of self-similar stability islands known so far to be typically present only in discrete-time models based on mappings. Our results suggest that the two-parameter space of class B laser models and that of a certain class of discrete mappings could be isomorphic.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cristian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bonatto
authors.forename: Jean Claude
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Garreau
authors.forename: Jason A C
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gallas