Coexisting periodic attractors in injection-locked diode lasers

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作者
Gavrielides, A
Kovanis, V
Varangis, PM
Erneux, T
Lythe, G
机构
[1] Nonlinear Optics Center, Phillips Laboratory, Kirtland AFB
[2] Université Libre de Bruxelles, Optique Nonlinéaire Theor., 1050 Bruxelles, Campus Plaine
[3] Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos
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QUANTUM AND SEMICLASSICAL OPTICS | 1997年 / 9卷 / 05期
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10.1088/1355-5111/9/5/010
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We present experimental evidence of coexisting periodic attractors in a semiconductor laser subject to external optical injection. The coexisting attractors appear after the semiconductor laser has undergone a Hopf bifurcation from the locked steady state. We consider the single-mode rate equations and derive a third-order differential equation for the phase of the laser field. We then analyse the bifurcation diagram of the time-periodic states in terms of the frequency detuning and the injection rate and show the existence of multiple periodic attractors.
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页码:785 / 796
页数:12
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