Chaotic oscillator in wavelength: a new setup for investigating differential difference equations describing nonlinear dynamics

Author

Larger, Laurent ; Goedgebuer, Jean-Pierre ; Merolla, Jean-Marc

Author_Institution

Lab. d´´Opt. P.M. Duffieux, Univ. de Franche-Comte, Besancon, France

Volume

34

Issue

4

fYear

1998

fDate

4/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

594

Lastpage

601

Abstract

A generator of chaos in wavelength is reported. It is formed by a wavelength-tunable laser diode with a time delayed feedback loop in which a wavelength nonlinear-linear device is introduced. The dynamical regime of wavelength emission thus obtained is ruled by a differential difference equation. Experimental results are compared with numerical simulations and with previous theoretical and experimental results

Keywords

difference equations; laser feedback; laser theory; laser tuning; nonlinear equations; optical chaos; semiconductor lasers; chaotic oscillator; differential difference equation; differential difference equations; dynamical regime; nonlinear dynamics; time delayed feedback loop; wavelength chaos generator; wavelength emission; wavelength nonlinear-linear device; wavelength-tunable laser diode; Chaos; Delay effects; Difference equations; Diode lasers; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Feedback loop; Nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical polarization; Oscillators;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.663432

Filename

663432