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Semiconductor laser with optical feedback: from excitable to deterministic low-frequency fluctuations.

M C Eguia1, G B Mindlin

  • 1Departamento de Física, FCEN, UBA, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. I (1428), Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics
|April 24, 2002
PubMed
Summary

Semiconductor lasers with optical feedback exhibit power dropouts. This study uses noise-driven models to analyze dropout intervals, explaining characteristic times in first return maps.

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Area of Science:

  • Physics
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Laser Physics

Background:

  • Semiconductor lasers with optical feedback can enter a dropout regime.
  • The origin of these power dropouts (deterministic vs. stochastic) remains debated.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate the statistics of time intervals between power dropouts.
  • Explain the emergence of characteristic times in first return maps.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of noise-driven simple excitable models.
  • Statistical analysis of time intervals between simulated dropouts.

Main Results:

  • The study provides insights into the statistical properties of dropout intervals.
  • Characteristic times observed in first return maps are explained through the model.

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Conclusions:

  • Noise-driven excitable models can reproduce key features of semiconductor laser dropouts.
  • The findings contribute to understanding the dynamics of optical feedback in lasers.