Guisado Lizar, José LuisJiménez-Morales, Francisco de PaulaGuerra Pérez, José Manuel2018-05-022018-05-022003Guisado Lízar, J.L., Jiménez Morales, F. y Guerra Pérez, J.M. (2003). Cellular automaton model for the simulation of laser dynamics. Physical Review E: covering statistical, nonlinear, biological, and soft matter physics, 67 (6), 066708-1-066708-8.2470-0045https://hdl.handle.net/11441/73818The classical modeling approach for laser study relies on the differential equations. In this paper, a cellular automaton model is proposed as an alternative for the simulation of population dynamics. Even though the model is simplified it captures the essence of laser phenomenology: (i) there is a threshold pumping rate that depends inversely on the decaying lifetime of the atoms and the photons; and (ii) depending on these lifetimes and on the pumping rate, a constant or an oscillatory behavior can be observed. More complex behaviors such as spiking and pattern formation can also be studied with the cellular automaton model.application/pdfengAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Estados Unidos de Américahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.67.066708