Title :
Two-section semiconductor lasers subject to optical injection
Author :
Chlouverakis, K.E. ; Adams, M.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Syst. Eng., Univ. of Essex, Colchester, UK
Abstract :
We investigate the dynamic properties of two-section semiconductor lasers subject to optical injection. A self-pulsating laser with a saturable absorber is used as the slave laser in the usual master-slave configuration of optically-injected lasers and a new model of the rate equations is applied. The dynamic properties are pictured in stability maps in the parameter space of the frequency detuning /spl omega/ and the injection strength K. New chaotic regions in the parameter space are found and investigated that are not observed in a simple injected semiconductor laser and also regions are reported where the field intensity pulsates periodically.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser stability; nonlinear dynamical systems; optical chaos; optical saturable absorption; semiconductor lasers; chaotic regions; frequency detuning; injection strength; laser dynamic properties; master-slave configuration; optical injection; rate equations; saturable absorber; self-pulsating laser; semiconductor lasers; slave laser; stability maps; two-section lasers; Chaotic communication; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical bistability; Optical distortion; Optical saturation; Optical transmitters; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Chaos; injection locking; saturable absorber; self-pulsations; two-section lasers;
Journal_Title :
Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JSTQE.2004.837012
