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We report Stochastic Resonance and Coherence Resonance phenomena in experiments using CO2 lasers. First, we consider a polarized laser with feedback; for suitable feedback parameters, the laser intensity undergoes homoclinic chaos consisting in the return to a saddle focus, where noise controls the permanence time around the saddle. Second, we discuss a quasi-isotropic laser where noise induces switching between two intensity components with mutually orthogonal polarization.
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Arecchi, F., Meucci, R. Stochastic and coherence resonance in lasers: homoclinic chaos and polarization bistability. Eur. Phys. J. B 69, 93–100 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2009-00099-1
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