Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications, 1994. NLO '94 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1473-5
DOI :
10.1109/NLO.1994.470892
