Optoelectronic-feedback control of laser diodes for chaotic optical communications

Author

Turovets, S.I. ; Dellunde, J. ; Shore, K. Alan

Author_Institution

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

Volume

3

fYear

1996

fDate

18-22 Nov 1996

Firstpage

2073

Abstract

It is demonstrated that tailored optoelectronic feedback can be used to selectively excite periodic dynamical output from external cavity semiconductor lasers undergoing a period doubling bifurcation cascade on the route to the chaotic coherence collapse regime. The optoelectronic feedback can effectively suppress or invert the bifurcation sequence so that low order periodic motion can be resonantly excited from high order periodic or chaotic dynamics. The application of the technique in chaotic optical communications and its role in chaos control are discussed

Keywords

bifurcation; chaos; laser feedback; nonlinear dynamical systems; optical communication equipment; semiconductor lasers; bifurcation sequence; chaos control; chaotic coherence collapse regime; chaotic dynamics; chaotic optical communications; external cavity semiconductor lasers; high order periodic dynamics; laser diodes; low order periodic motion; optical feedback; optoelectronic feedback; period doubling bifurcation cascade; periodic dynamical output; Bifurcation; Chaos; Chaotic communication; Diode lasers; Laser excitation; Laser feedback; Optical control; Optical feedback; Output feedback; Quantum cascade lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1996. GLOBECOM '96. 'Communications: The Key to Global Prosperity

Conference_Location

London

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3336-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1996.591999

Filename

591999