• DocumentCode
    828309
  • Title

    Chaos in the coherence collapse of semiconductor lasers

  • Author

    Dente, Gregory C. ; Durkin, Peter S. ; Wilson, Kimberley A. ; Moeller, Charles E.

  • Author_Institution
    GCD Associates, Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1988
  • Firstpage
    2441
  • Lastpage
    2447
  • Abstract
    The observation of a quasiperiodic route to chaos in the coherence collapse of a single-mode semiconductor laser subjected to back-reflections from an external cavity is discussed. Also, a simple deterministic model that correlates well with the data is presented.<>
  • Keywords
    chaos; laser theory; semiconductor junction lasers; back-reflections; chaos; coherence collapse; external cavity; semiconductor lasers; Chaos; Coherence; Delay; Frequency; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Optical feedback; Semiconductor lasers; Spontaneous emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/3.14374
  • Filename
    14374