Title : 
Mutually induced chaos in practically-isolated semiconductor lasers
         
        
            Author : 
Wieczorek, Sebastian ; Chow, Weng W.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The paper presents a counterintuitive example where practically isolated (or ultra-weakly coupled) lasers, instead of approaching independent operation, interact in the most complicated manner become chaotic.
         
        
            Keywords : 
nonlinear dynamical systems; optical chaos; semiconductor lasers; isolated semiconductor lasers; mutually induced chaos; ultraweakly coupled lasers; Chaos; Coupling circuits; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical coupling; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Semiconductor lasers;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-8557-8
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363272