Chaos in semiconductor lasers with optical feedback: theory and experiment

Author

Mork, Jesper ; Tromborg, Bjame ; Mark, Jannik

Author_Institution

TFL Telecommun. Res. Lab., Horsholm, Denmark

Volume

28

Issue

1

fYear

1992

fDate

1/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

93

Lastpage

108

Abstract

The authors present a detailed theoretical and experimental investigation of the nonlinear dynamics of a semiconductor laser with optical feedback. The results show that the coherence collapsed state is a chaotic attractor and that chaos is reached for increasing feedback level through a quasi-periodic route interrupted by frequency locking. Furthermore, the coexistence of two attractors, associated with the same external cavity mode, but having different relaxation oscillation frequencies, is demonstrated and explained

Keywords

chaos; feedback; laser modes; laser theory; light coherence; semiconductor junction lasers; attractors; chaotic attractor; coherence collapsed state; diode lasers; external cavity mode; feedback level; frequency locking; nonlinear dynamics; nonlinear optics; optical feedback; quasi-periodic route; relaxation oscillation frequencies; semiconductor lasers; Chaos; Chaotic communication; Coherence; Diode lasers; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser feedback; Laser theory; Optical feedback; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.119502

Filename

119502