Title :
Chaos synchronisation in unidirectionally coupled VCSELs with polarisation-preserved and polarisation-selected injection
Author :
Hong, Yanhua ; Lee, Min Won ; Paul, Jon ; Spencer, Paul S. ; Shore, K. Alan
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Eng., Bangor Univ., Bangor
Abstract :
We study experimentally chaos synchronisation in unidirectionally coupled VCSELs. The results show that the quality of synchronisation with polarisation-preserved optical injection is significantly higher than that with polarisation-selected optical injection.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; light polarisation; optical chaos; surface emitting lasers; chaos synchronisation; polarisation-preserved optical injection; polarisation-selected optical injection; unidirectionally coupled VCSEL; Chaos; Chaotic communication; Fiber lasers; Optical attenuators; Optical feedback; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Stimulated emission; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
Conference_Location :
Sydney
Print_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
DOI :
10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610614