DocumentCode
790154
Title
Feedback induced instabilities in external cavity injection lasers
Author
O´Gorman, J. ; Hawdon, B.J. ; Hegarty, J. ; Heffernan, D.M.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Pure & Appl. Phys., Trinity Coll., Dublin, Ireland
Volume
25
Issue
2
fYear
1989
Firstpage
114
Lastpage
115
Abstract
The authors show that the coherence collapse instability induced by an external cavity is the origin of the previously reported chaos for laser diodes with delayed feedback. This demonstration opens the question as to whether the observed behaviour is an example of optical chaos or rather is a noise driven instability. Methods are suggested by which the issue can be ultimately decided.
Keywords
chaos; feedback; laser cavity resonators; optical communication equipment; semiconductor junction lasers; stability; coherence collapse instability; delayed feedback; external cavity injection lasers; feedback induced instabilities; noise driven instability; optical chaos; optical communication; semiconductor lasers;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19890084
Filename
14254
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