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In this paper, we present a cellular automata model for a two-level laser which includes a saturable absorber. We show that the model reproduces laser passive Q-switching, a behavior in which intense short pulses of laser radiation are produced. Depending on the concentration of the absorbent, the automaton model qualitatively reproduces two operating states of the laser: a stable state and another oscillatory or pulsed state.
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This research was financed by projects PGC2018-094952-B-I00 (INTRACER), PID2019-110455GB-I00 (Par-Hot), US-1381077 (CIUCAP-HSF) from FEDER/Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación – Agencia Estatal de Investigación, and by project P20_01121 (FRAC) from the Consejería de Transformación Económica, Industria, Conocimiento y Universidades (Junta de Andalucía).
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Jiménez-Morales, F., Guisado-Lizar, JL., Guerra, J.M. (2022). A Cellular Automaton Model of a Laser with Saturable Absorber Reproducing Laser Passive Q-switching. In: Chopard, B., Bandini, S., Dennunzio, A., Arabi Haddad, M. (eds) Cellular Automata. ACRI 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13402. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14926-9_15
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