Title :
Symmetry-breaking and high-frequency periodic oscillations in mutually coupled laser diodes
Author :
Register, F. ; Garcia-Ojalvo, J.
Author_Institution :
Service d´´Electromagnetisme et de Telecommun., Fac. Polytech. de Mons, Belgium
Abstract :
We investigate numerically the dynamics of two identical laser diodes that are mutually coupled by their optical fields in the case of a small inter-laser separation. The system is assumed to be perfectly symmetric, i.e. internal and operating parameters are identical for both lasers.
Keywords :
laser theory; semiconductor lasers; high-frequency periodic oscillations; mutually coupled laser diodes; symmetry-breaking; Bifurcation; Chaos; Diode lasers; Frequency; Laser stability; Masers; Mutual coupling; Optical coupling; Optical feedback; Quantum cascade lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2003. EQEC '03. European
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7733-8
DOI :
10.1109/EQEC.2003.1313872
