Summary
How can open-cavity lasing modes be found with nonlinear mode competition included?
Uses self-consistent steady-state laser equations and a threshold constant-flux basis.
Includes spatial hole burning and supplies efficient single-pole approximations in suitable cavities.
Related modelling approaches
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Commentary
Stationary-inversion and steady-state assumptions exclude arbitrary transient laser dynamics.
Foundational rather than new; the 2026 inverse-design work makes this physics part of a design objective.
Interpretation and connections in this note, separate from the authors’ reported findings.