Title :
Oscillation modes of laser diode pumped hybrid bistable system with large delay and application to dynamical memory
Author :
Aida, Tahito ; Davis, Peter
Author_Institution :
ATR Opt. & Radio Commun. Res. Lab., Kyoto, Japan
fDate :
3/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An electrooptical bistable system with a very large delay was constructed, and self-oscillation phenomena were investigated. Many multistable self-oscillation modes were observed, including second-order bifurcations of the 265th harmonic. The dynamical memory function was demonstrated by locking second order bifurcated modes to external clock oscillations and performing WRITE and READ of binary data sequences in the waveforms of the bifurcated modes. The nonlinear bifurcation phenomena in this system are applicable for large-capacity memory and signal processing. Spurious preferential excitation of particular harmonic modes was related to the fine structure in the transfer spectrum of the open loop associated with spurious resonances in the electrooptical modulator used as a nonlinear element
Keywords :
electro-optical devices; optical bistability; optical pumping; optical storage; binary data sequences; dynamical memory function; electrooptical bistable system; electrooptical modulator; external clock oscillations; large-capacity memory; laser diode pumped hybrid bistable system; multistable self-oscillation modes; nonlinear bifurcation phenomena; read; second order bifurcated modes; second-order bifurcations; self-oscillation phenomena; signal processing; write; Bifurcation; Chaotic communication; Delay effects; Delay systems; Diode lasers; Laser excitation; Optical bistability; Optical devices; Stability; Switches;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of