BibSonomy publications for /group/te/dye-laserThu Apr 06 12:26:38 CEST 2006J. Optical Society of America BAugust81588-1595Strong-field dynamics of a multimode, standing-wave dye laser51988dye-laser Thu Apr 06 12:14:00 CEST 2006J. Optical Society of America BAugust81588-1595Strong-field dynamics of a multimode, standing-wave dye laser51988strong-field multimode dye-laser A set of strong-field Maxwell-Bloch equations is derived for a multimode, standing-wave, homogeneously broadened laser such as a dye laser, wich obeys the atomic rate-equation limit. Numerical solutions show that the enregy in the cavity oscillates between field and the gain medium at multiples of the cavity mode spacing. By using these Maxwell-Bloch equations, intensity autocorrelation functions of a dye-laser system under varying conditions are calculated. We find that the numerical results qualitatively agree with the recent experimental data.