RELAXATION-OSCILLATION-INDUCED CHAOTIC INSTABILITIES IN MODULATED EXTERNAL-CAVITY SEMICONDUCTOR-LASERS

被引:4
作者
LAM, BC
SUSHCHIK, MM
ABARBANEL, HDI
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO,DEPT ELECT & COMP ENGN MS0407,LA JOLLA,CA 92093
[2] UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO,INST NONLINEAR SCI,LA JOLLA,CA 92093
[3] UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO,DEPT PHYS,LA JOLLA,CA 92093
[4] UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO,SCRIPPS INST OCEANOG,LA JOLLA,CA 92093
关键词
D O I
10.1364/JOSAB.12.001150
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We theoretically examine the consequences of modulating an external-cavity semiconductor laser around its mode-locking resonant frequency. When the modulation frequency is below resonance, the laser exhibits a three-frequency route to chaos. When the modulation frequency is above resonance, the laser oscillates in two- and three-frequency states. The chaotic instability is a result of the nonlinear interaction of three periodic modes of the laser system. These modes are dynamical manifestations of the composite cavity mode-locking resonance, the applied field that is due to the modulation, and the laser relaxation oscillation.
引用
收藏
页码:1150 / 1156
页数:7
相关论文
共 18 条
  • [1] THE ANALYSIS OF OBSERVED CHAOTIC DATA IN PHYSICAL SYSTEMS
    ABARBANEL, HDI
    BROWN, R
    SIDOROWICH, JJ
    TSIMRING, LS
    [J]. REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS, 1993, 65 (04) : 1331 - 1392
  • [2] AGRAWAL GP, 1986, LONG WAVELENGTH SEMI, P220
  • [3] [Anonymous], 2012, PRACTICAL NUMERICAL
  • [4] COMPUTING THE LYAPUNOV SPECTRUM OF A DYNAMIC SYSTEM FROM AN OBSERVED TIME-SERIES
    BROWN, R
    BRYANT, P
    ABARBANEL, HDI
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW A, 1991, 43 (06): : 2787 - 2806
  • [5] THE DYNAMICS OF PHASE LOCKING AND POINTS OF RESONANCE IN A FORCED MAGNETIC OSCILLATOR
    BRYANT, P
    JEFFRIES, C
    [J]. PHYSICA D, 1987, 25 (1-3): : 196 - 232
  • [6] ERGODIC-THEORY OF CHAOS AND STRANGE ATTRACTORS
    ECKMANN, JP
    RUELLE, D
    [J]. REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS, 1985, 57 (03) : 617 - 656
  • [7] INDEPENDENT COORDINATES FOR STRANGE ATTRACTORS FROM MUTUAL INFORMATION
    FRASER, AM
    SWINNEY, HL
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW A, 1986, 33 (02): : 1134 - 1140
  • [8] QUASI-PERIODICITY AND DYNAMICAL-SYSTEMS - AN EXPERIMENTALISTS VIEW
    GLAZIER, JA
    LIBCHABER, A
    [J]. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS, 1988, 35 (07): : 790 - 809
  • [9] MEASURING THE STRANGENESS OF STRANGE ATTRACTORS
    GRASSBERGER, P
    PROCACCIA, I
    [J]. PHYSICA D, 1983, 9 (1-2): : 189 - 208
  • [10] OBSERVATION OF CHAOTIC INSTABILITY IN THE ACTIVE-MODE LOCKING OF A SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER
    LAM, BC
    KELLNER, AL
    SUSHCHIK, MM
    ABARBANEL, HDI
    YU, PKL
    [J]. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS, 1993, 10 (11) : 2065 - 2070