title: Novel multioscillator approach to the problem of locking in two-mode ring-laser gyros.
abstract: We show theoretically that ring-laser locking between counterrunning waves can be avoided by an internally generated dither effect. Specifically, a barely oscillating detuned mode pair dithers the primary mode pair through coupling in the nonlinear medium. Experimental evidence supporting this result is presented.
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Scully
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sargent Iii