Demonstration of a chaotic optical message relay using DFB laser diodes

Author

Lee, Min Won ; Shore, K. Alan

Author_Institution

Sch. of Informatics, Univ. of Wales, Bangor, UK

Volume

18

Issue

1

fYear

2006

Firstpage

169

Lastpage

171

Abstract

The demonstration of chaotic message relay using three chaotic distributed feedback diode lasers is reported. A 1-GHz message has been encoded in a chaotic carrier and relayed to a terminal receiver laser via a mediator laser. The message has been successfully extracted at both the mediator and receiver lasers. The message relay capability thereby demonstrated provides a key functionality for chaotic optical communication networks.

Keywords

chaotic communication; distributed feedback lasers; encoding; optical chaos; optical fibre networks; optical receivers; semiconductor lasers; semiconductor relays; 1 GHz; DFB laser; chaotic carrier; chaotic lasers; chaotic optical communication networks; chaotic optical message relay; laser diodes; mediator laser; message encoding; message extraction; receiver laser; terminal receiver; Chaotic communication; Diode lasers; Distributed feedback devices; Laser feedback; Optical feedback; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Relays; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Chaos; distributed feedback (DFB) lasers; semiconductor lasers; synchronization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2005.860039

Filename

1561321