Unlocking Dynamical Diversity: Optical Feedback Effects on Semiconductor LasersISBN: 978-0-470-85619-2
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356 pages
April 2005
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Preface.
Acknowledgements.
1 Introduction (Deborah M. Kane and K. Alan Shore).
1.1 Semiconductor Laser Basics.
1.2 Nonlinear Dynamical Systems.
1.3 Semiconductor Lasers with Optical Feedback.
1.4 Landmark Results: Theory and Experiment.
1.5 Overview of Feedback Response: Regimes I–V.
1.6 Outline of Applications.
References.
2 Theoretical Analysis (Paul Spencer, Paul Rees and Iestyn Pierce).
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Basic Model: Single Mode Lasers with Weak Optical Feedback.
2.3 Steady State Analysis of the Lang–Kobayashi Equations.
2.4 Multimode Iterative Analysis of the Dynamics of Laser Diodes Subject to Optical Feedback.
2.5 Cavity Length Effects.
2.6 Coupled Cavity Analysis.
2.7 Conclusion.
References.
3 Generalized Optical Feedback: Theory (Daan Lenstra, Gautam Vemuri and Mirvais Yousefi).
3.1 Varieties of Optical Feedback.
3.2 Compound-Cavity Analysis: Validity of Lang–Kobayashi Approach.
3.3 Filtered Optical Feedback.
3.4 Phase-Conjugate Feedback.
3.5 Conclusion.
Acknowledgements.
Note.
References.
4 Experimental Observations (A. Tom Gavrielides and David W. Sukow).
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 Experimental Apparatus.
4.3 Extremely Weak Feedback Effects – Regime I.
4.4 Very Weak Feedback Effects – Regime II.
4.5 Weak Feedback Effects – Regime III–IV.
4.6 Moderate Feedback Effects – Low Frequency Fluctuations.
4.7 Short Cavity Regime.
4.8 Double-Cavity Systems.
4.9 Multimode Effects.
4.10 Control.
4.11 Feedback and Modulation.
4.12 Phase Conjugate Feedback.
4.13 Conclusion.
References.
5 Bifurcation Analysis of Lasers with Delay (Bernd Krauskopf).
5.1 Introduction.
5.2 Bifurcation Theory of DDEs.
5.3 Numerical Methods.
5.4 Bifurcations in the COF Laser.
5.5 Bifurcations in the PCF Laser.
5.6 Conclusion.
Acknowledgements.
References.
6 Chaos Synchronization (Siva Sivaprakasam and Cristina Masoller Ottieri).
6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Synchronization of Unidirectionally Coupled Semiconductor Lasers.
6.3 Synchronization of Mutually Coupled Semiconductor Lasers.
6.4 Conclusion.
References.
7 Laser Interferometry (Guido Giuliani and Silvano Donati).
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 Laser Diode Feedback Interferometry: Theory and Basic Experiments.
7.3 Application to Measurements.
7.4 Laser Diode Diagnostics Using Self-Mixing Techniques.
7.5 Conclusion.
Acknowledgements.
References.
8 Single Frequency and Tunable Single Frequency Semiconductor Laser Systems (Esa Jaatinen).
8.1 Introduction.
8.2 Effect of Frequency Filtering the Feedback for Robust Single Frequency Operation.
8.3 Tunable Semiconductor Laser System Designs and Operating Characteristics.
8.4 Frequency Stabilization.
8.5 Tunable Semiconductor Laser System Applications.
8.6 Conclusion.
References.
9 Chaotic Optical Communication (Junji Ohtsubo and Peter Davis).
9.1 Introduction.
9.2 Communication Using Synchronized Laser Chaos.
9.3 Methods for Modulation and Recovery of Messages.
9.4 Mechanisms for Synchronization and Signal Recovery.
9.5 Parameter Sensitivity, Robustness and Security for Synchronized Chaos Communication.
9.6 Communication Bandwidth.
9.7 Conclusion.
Acknowledgements.
References.
Index.
