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Two-field description of chaos synchronization in diode lasers with incoherent optical feedback and injection

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Department of Physics and Engineering, Washington and Lee University, 116 North Main Street, Lexington, Virginia 24450 (United States)
  2. Air Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy Directorate AFRL/DELO, 3550 Aberdeen Avenue SE, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico 87117 (United States)
  3. Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Optique Nonlineaire Theorique, Campus Plaine, Code Postal 231, 1050 Brussels (Belgium)

Synchronized chaotic dynamics are investigated theoretically and experimentally in a system of unidirectionally-coupled semiconductor lasers subject to delayed, polarization-rotated optical feedback and injection. Experimental data in the time and frequency domains demonstrate chaos synchronization with a lag between transmitter and receiver equal to the injection time, also known as driving synchronization. The natural polarization mode of the transmitter is shown to synchronize most efficiently to the orthogonal state of the receiver which is being injected. A full two-polarization model is used for both lasers, and is in good agreement with polarization-resolved experimental measurements.

OSTI ID:
20718810
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 72; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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