| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 40, Number 6, December II 1997
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 619 - 624 | |
| Section | Classical areas of phenomenology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1997-00513-x | |
| Published online | 01 September 2002 | |
Statistical properties of the dynamics of semiconductor lasers with optical feedback
Physics Department, National University of Ireland,
University College, Cork, Ireland
Received:
7
August
1997
Accepted:
27
October
1997
We measure the time-resolved probability distribution of the light emitted by a semiconductor laser with optical feedback. We show and analyse, for the first time, high-frequency fluctuations of the laser intensity in the coherence collapse regime. Our results suggest that the noise induces the power drop-outs and the laser recovers in a deterministic fashion. We also give a new mechanism for a transition between erratic and synchronised behaviour in the laser dynamics.
PACS: 42.65.Sf – Dynamics of nonlinear optical systems; optical instabilities, optical chaos, and optical spatio-temporal dynamics / 42.55.Px – Semiconductor lasers; laser diodes
© EDP Sciences, 1997
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