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Laser as Catastrophe

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Coherence and Quantum Optics IV

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Many physical systems can be described by a potential V=V(xl,x2,...,xn). The local properties of the system are then characterized by the local properties of the potential.

This paper is based in part on a longer contribution submitted to The Physical Review.

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  1. University of South Florida, Tampa, Fla., USA

    R. Gilmore

  2. Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa., USA

    L. M. Narducci

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Rochester, 14627, Rochester, New York, USA

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Gilmore, R., Narducci, L.M. (1978). Laser as Catastrophe. In: Mandel, L., Wolf, E. (eds) Coherence and Quantum Optics IV. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0665-9_9

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