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The theory of equivariant Hopf bifurcation with D m × O(2)-symmetry is used to determine the possible periodic patterns of polarized light produced in a ring of lasers with saturable absorber. For three coupled lasers the coupled Maxwell-Bloch equations are integrated numerically, displaying many of the theoretically classified periodic solutions with maximal and submaximal symmetry.
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Wegelin, M. (1994). Hopf Bifurcation in Symmetrically Coupled Lasers. In: Chossat, P. (eds) Dynamics, Bifurcation and Symmetry. NATO ASI Series, vol 437. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0956-7_28
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