Almost perfect in-phase and anti-phase chaotic and periodic phase synchronization in large arrays of diode lasers

Nair, Niketh; Bochove, Erik; Braiman, Yehuda

doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2018.08.020

Almost perfect in-phase and anti-phase chaotic and periodic phase synchronization in large arrays of diode lasers

Journal Article · Mon Aug 13 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Optics Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2018.08.020· OSTI ID:1814406

Nair, Niketh ^[1]; Bochove, Erik ^[2]; Braiman, Yehuda ^[1]

Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Air Force Research Lab. (AFRL), Kirtland AFB, NM (United States)

In this paper we study phase synchronization in large arrays of weakly coupled single mode semiconductor laser diodes. We show that if the coupling topology is chosen appropriately, the laser array exhibits robust phase synchrony (including chaotic and non-chaotic phase synchrony). Furthermore, one can define coupling topologies that lead to chaotic anti-phase synchronization. To the best of our knowledge, chaotic anti-phase synchronization has not been observed in large arrays of coupled nonlinear oscillators. Additionally, when diodes are coupled via a decayed non-local coupling scheme, the leading spatial mode can be stable. This leads to an almost-perfect phase synchronous state where the phases are synchronized, but the system is not set exactly on the synchronization manifold. This almost-perfect phase synchronous state is robust to noise and frequency disorder and can be realized under periodic (fixed-intensity limit cycle) continuous-wave and chaotic behavior. The presented result is an example of the broader phenomenon of linear transverse mode selection taking place in a coupled oscillator system with nonlinear dynamics.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1814406

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1703296

Journal Information:: Optics Communications, Journal Name: Optics Communications Vol. 430; ISSN 0030-4018

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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