title: A programmable electronic circuit for modelling CO2 laser dynamics.
abstract: We introduce a programmable electronic circuit implementing the rich dynamics of CO2 laser models. The design and the implementation of the circuit are accomplished by using a programmable analog device, which permits an experimental characterization of the laser dynamics. The experimental results shown in the paper demonstrate that the circuit exhibits homoclinic chaos typical of CO2 laser with feedback modulation of cavity losses. Moreover, experimental results showing that noise regularizes the dynamical time scales of the system are reported.
authors.affiliation: Physics Department, University of Firenze, and Istituto Nazionale do Ottica Applicata, Firenze, Italy. arecchi@ino.it
authors.forename: F T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Arecchi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fortuna
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frasca
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meucci
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sciuto