CHAOS IN SEMICONDUCTOR-LASERS WITH OPTICAL FEEDBACK - THEORY AND EXPERIMENT

被引:505
作者
MORK, J
TROMBORG, B
MARK, J
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[1] TFL Telecommunications Research Laboratory
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10.1109/3.119502
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We present a detailed theoretical and experimental investigation of the nonlinear dynamics of a semiconductor laser with optical feedback. The results show that the coherence collapsed state is a chaotic attractor and that chaos is reached for increasing feedback level through a quasi-periodic route interrupted by frequency locking. Furthermore, the coexistence of two attractors associated with the same external cavity mode, but having different relaxation oscillation frequencies, is demonstrated and explained.
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