1 Introduction
1.1 Chaos and Lasers
1.2 Historical Perspectives of Chaos in Semiconductor
Lasers
1.3 Outline of This Book
2 Chaos in Laser Systems
2.1 Laser Model and Bloch Equations
2.1.1 Laser Model in a Ring Resonator
2.1.2 Light Emission and Absorption
in Two-Level Atoms
2.1.3 Maxwell-Bloch Equations
2.2 Lorenz-Haken Equations
2.2.1 Lorenz-Haken Equations
2.2.2 First Laser Threshold
2.2.3 Second Laser Threshold
2.3 Classifications of Lasers
2.3.1 Classes of Lasers
2.3.2 Class C Lasers
2.3.3 Class B Lasers
2.3.4 Class A Lasers
3 Semiconductor Lasers and Theory
3.1 Semiconductor Lasers
3.2 Oscillation Conditions of Semiconductor
Lasers
3.2.1 Laser Oscillation Conditions
3.2.2 Laser Oscillation Frequency
3.2.3 Dependence of Oscillation Frequency
on Carrier Density
3.3 Derivation of Rate Equations
3.3.1 Gain at Laser Oscillation
3.3.2 Rate Equation for the Field
3.3.3 Linewidth Enhancement Factor
3.3.4 Laser Rate Equations
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