Model for high-gain fiber laser arrays

Recent experiments have shown that a small number of fiber lasers can spontaneously form coherent states when suitably coupled. The observed synchrony persisted for a long time without any active control. In this paper, we develop a dynamical model for fiber laser arrays that is valid in the high gain regime. In the limiting case of a single laser analysis and simulations are presented that agree with physical expectations. Using simulations to examine array behavior we report results that are in qualitative agreement with laboratory observations.

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