Experimental observation of noise-induced synchronization of bursting dynamical systems

Author

DeShazer, D.J. ; Tighe, B.P. ; Kurths, J. ; Roy, R.

Author_Institution

Dow Corning Corp., Midland, MI, USA

Volume

10

Issue

5

fYear

2004

Firstpage

906

Lastpage

910

Abstract

Can bursts in dynamical systems be synchronized by a weak, common, noise background? We observe large, uncorrelated bursts of intensity fluctuations in two almost identical erbium-doped fiber ring lasers, initiated by common injection of a weak, constant intensity optical signal. Significant synchronization of the bursts is obtained for noise and sinusoidal modulation of the injected light intensity. Measurements of the burst statistics and synchronization are presented.

Keywords

erbium; fibre lasers; fluctuations; laser cavity resonators; nonlinear dynamical systems; optical modulation; optical noise; ring lasers; synchronisation; burst statistics; burst synchronization; bursting dynamical systems; erbium-doped fiber lasers; intensity fluctuations; light intensity; noise modulation; noise-induced synchronization; nonlinear dynamics; optical signal injection; ring lasers; sinusoidal modulation; uncorrelated bursts; Background noise; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser modes; Laser noise; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Physics; Ring lasers; Bursting; fiber lasers; noise induced synchronization; nonlinear dynamics; nonlinear optics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2004.837212

Filename

1366360