Chaotic effects in flared lasers: a numerical analysis

Author

Levy, Guy ; Hardy, Amos A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng.-Phys. Electron., Tel Aviv Univ., Israel

Volume

33

Issue

1

fYear

1997

fDate

1/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

26

Lastpage

32

Abstract

A numerical analysis of chaotic effects in flared laser structures is presented. A numerical model based on the beam propagation method is used which includes saturation and temperature effects. Instabilities observed at the output are shown to be chaotic. Reconstruction of the strange attractor is employed for analysis of the leading Lyapunov exponent and the correlation dimension. Different control parameters are examined, and all show several phases of the system: stable, periodic, and chaotic

Keywords

laser stability; laser theory; numerical analysis; optical chaos; optical correlation; optical saturation; semiconductor device models; semiconductor lasers; beam propagation method; chaotic effect; control parameters; correlation dimension; flared laser structures; instabilities; leading Lyapunov exponent; numerical analysis; numerical model; periodic; saturation effects; semiconductor flared lasers; stable; strange attractor reconstruction; temperature effects; Chaos; Current density; Equations; Filling; Heating; Laser excitation; Numerical analysis; Reflectivity; Temperature; Thermal resistance;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.554871

Filename

554871