Fast pulsing and chaotic itinerancy with a drift in the coherence collapse of semiconductor lasers

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作者
Fischer, I
vanTartwijk, GHM
Levine, AM
Elsasser, W
Gobel, E
Lenstra, D
机构
[1] UNIV MARBURG,CTR MAT SCI,D-35032 MARBURG,GERMANY
[2] UNIV ILLES BALEARS,DEPT FIS,E-07071 PALMA DE MALLORCA,SPAIN
[3] CUNY COLL STATEN ISL,STATEN ISL,NY 10314
[4] VRIJE UNIV AMSTERDAM,DEPT PHYS & ASTRON,1081 HV AMSTERDAM,NETHERLANDS
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.220
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We report the first experimental observation of irregular picosecond light pulses within the coherence collapse of a semiconductor laser subject to delayed moderate optical feedback. This pulsing behavior agrees with the recent explanation of low frequency fluctuations as chaotic itinerancy with a drift. Theory and experiments show very good agreement.
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