Low-frequency chaos in semiconductor lasers with external feedback

N. Swanston, Dejin Yu, Weiping Lu, J. Kollmer, R. G. Harrison

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Abstract

An experiment was conducted to provide evidence of low-frequency limit cycles and chaos in semiconductor lasers with single mirror external feedback. The coupled cavity configuration consists of a Toshiba InGaAlP semiconductor laser emitting at 693 nm. The optical output signals were detected using a fast photodiode through a 50% beam splitter and analyzed using a 2 GHz Lecroy digital oscilloscope. The correlation dimension for the chaotic time series after nonlinear noise reduction was calculated to characterize the dynamics. Results show that chaos is low-dimensional for nearly single-mode and high-dimensional for multi-mode operations, indicating a reduced dynamical complexity.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication1996 European Quantum Electronics Conference
Pages165-
Number of pages1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1996
Event1996 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Hamburg, Germany
Duration: 8 Sept 199613 Sept 1996

Conference

Conference1996 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityHamburg
Period8/09/9613/09/96

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