title: Cellular automaton model for the simulation of laser dynamics.
abstract: The classical modeling approach for laser study relies on the differential equations. In this paper, a cellular automaton model is proposed as an alternative for the simulation of population dynamics. Even though the model is simplified it captures the essence of laser phenomenology: (i) there is a threshold pumping rate that depends inversely on the decaying lifetime of the atoms and the photons; and (ii) depending on these lifetimes and on the pumping rate, a constant or an oscillatory behavior can be observed. More complex behaviors such as spiking and pattern formation can also be studied with the cellular automaton model.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad de Sevilla, P.O. Box 1065, 41080 Sevilla, Spain.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Guisado
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Morales
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Guerra