Research Letters in Optics
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 163937, 5 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/163937
Research Letter

Analytical Structuring of Periodic and Regular Cascading Solutions in Self-Pulsing Lasers

Belkacem Meziane1 and Ahmed Aïssani2

1UCCS Artois, Université d'Artois, UMR CNRS 8181, Rue Jean Souvraz, SP18, 62300, Lens Cedex, France
2Laboratoire Lasers, Institut de Physique, USTHB, BP 32, El-Alia Bab-Ezzouar, Alger 16111, Algeria

Received 8 May 2008; Accepted 3 July 2008

Academic Editor: Fortunato Tito Arecchi

Copyright © 2008 Belkacem Meziane and Ahmed Aïssani. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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