Self-similarities in the frequency-amplitude space of a loss-modulated CO/sub 2/ laser

Abstract

We show the standard two-level continuous-time model of loss-modulated CO2 lasers to display the same regular network of self-similar stability islands known so far to be typically present only in discretetime models based on mappings. Our results suggest that the two-parameter space of class B laser models and that of a certain class of discrete mappings could be isomorphic.