Chaos, period-doubling and reverse bifurcations in an optically injected semiconductor laser

Author

Kovanis, V. ; Gavrielides, A. ; Simpson, T.B. ; Liu, J.M. ; Alsing, P.M.

Author_Institution

Nonlinear Optics Center, Phillips Lab., Kirtland AFB, NM, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

25-29 Jul 1994

Firstpage

30

Lastpage

32

Abstract

In conclusion, we have observed a reverse bifurcation from chaotic to periodic dynamics in a semiconductor laser subject to strong optical injection at its free-running frequency. Spontaneous emission noise effects obscure specific spectral features in the reverse period-doubling region, but by measuring the dynamic parameters of the laser we have shown that the coupled complex-field and carrier density model accounts for the observed spectra

Keywords

bifurcation; carrier density; laser noise; laser theory; optical chaos; semiconductor device models; semiconductor lasers; spontaneous emission; carrier density model; dynamic parameters; free-running frequency; optical chaos; optically injected semiconductor laser; period-doubling; periodic dynamics; reverse bifurcations; reverse period-doubling region; semiconductor laser; spectra; spectral features; spontaneous emission noise; strong optical injection; Bifurcation; Chaos; Frequency; Laser modes; Laser noise; Optical noise; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor lasers; Spontaneous emission; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications, 1994. NLO '94 IEEE

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1473-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NLO.1994.470892

Filename

470892