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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankLASERDYNAMICSBridgingthegapbetweenlaserphysicsandappliedmathematics,thisbookoffersanewperspectiveonlaserdynamics.Combiningfreshtreatmentsofclassicprob-lemswithup-to-dateresearch,asymptotictechniquesappropriatefornonlineardynamicalsystemsareshowntoofferapowe
2、rfulalternativetonumericalsim-ulations.Thecombinedanalyticalandexperimentaldescriptionsofdynamicalinstabilitiesprovideaclearderivationofphysicalformulaeandanevaluationoftheirsignificance.Startingwiththeobservationofdifferenttimescalesofanoperatinglaser,thebookdevelopsapproximationtechniq
3、uestosystematicallyexploretheireffects.Laserdynamicalregimesareintroducedatdifferentlevelsofcomplexity,fromstandardturn-onexperimentstostiff,chaotic,spontaneous,ordrivenpulsations.Particularattentionisgiventoquantitativecomparisonsbetweenexperimentsandtheory.Thebookbroadenstherangeofana
4、lyticaltoolsavailabletolaserphysicistsandprovidesappliedmathematicianswithproblemsofpracticalinterest,andisinvaluableforbothgraduatestudentsandresearchers.THOMASERNEUXisaProfessorattheUniversitéLibredeBruxelles.Hiscur-rentinterestsconcentrateonstudyingspecificlaserdynamicalphenomenaandth
5、eapplicationsofdelaydifferentialequationsinallareasofscienceandengineering.PIERREGLORIEUXisaProfessorattheLaboratoiredePhysiquedesLasers,AtomesetMolécules,UniversitédesSciencesetTechnologiesdeLille,andaSeniorMemberoftheInstitutUniversitairedeFrance.Recently,hehasstudiedspatio-temporaldy
6、namicsinliquidcrystalsandphotorefractiveoscillators.LASERDYNAMICSTHOMASERNEUXUniversitéLibredeBruxellesPIERREGLORIEUXUniversitédesSciencesetTechnologiesdeLilleCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPaulo,Delhi,Dubai,TokyoCambridgeUniversityPress
7、TheEdinburghBuilding,CambridgeCB28RU,UKPublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkwww.cambridge.orgInformationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521830409©T.ErneuxandP.Glorieux2010Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovision