Modeling of optical synchronization of chaotic external-cavity VCSELs

Author

Spencer, P.S. ; Mirasso, Claudio R. ; Colet, P. ; Shore, K. Alan

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. Eng. & Comput. Syst., Univ. of Wales, Bangor, UK

Volume

34

Issue

9

fYear

1998

fDate

9/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1673

Lastpage

1679

Abstract

The performance of a master-slave configuration for effecting the synchronization of chaotic vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) is studied using numerical simulations. The dynamical evolution of optically coupled VCSELs is examined using a traveling wave model which is valid in the strong optical feedback regime. It is shown that the proposed configuration is capable of effecting synchronization in a robust manner. The opportunity for exploiting synchronized chaos in secure optical communication systems is indicated

Keywords

laser cavity resonators; laser feedback; laser theory; optical chaos; optical transmitters; semiconductor device models; surface emitting lasers; synchronisation; chaotic external-cavity VCSEL laser diode modelling; dynamical evolution; master-slave configuration; numerical simulations; optical synchronization; optically coupled VCSEL; secure optical communication systems; strong optical feedback regime; synchronization; synchronized chaos; traveling wave mode; Chaos; Chaotic communication; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Master-slave; Numerical simulation; Optical feedback; Optical surface waves; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.709583

Filename

709583