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High-order external cavity modes and restabilization of a laser diode subject to a phase-conjugate feedback
Abstract : We experimentally report the sequence of bifurcations destabilizing and restabilizing a laser diode with phase-conjugate feedback when the feedback rate is increased. Specifically, we successively observe the initial steady state, undamped relaxation oscillations, quasi-periodicity, chaos, and oscillating solutions at harmonics up to 13 times the external cavity frequency but also the restabilization to a steady state. The experimental results are qualitatively well reproduced by a model that accounts for the time the light takes to penetrate the phase-conjugate mirror. The theory points out that the system restabilizes through a Hopf bifurcation whose frequency is a harmonic of the external cavity frequency.
Keywords :
Semiconductor lasers
Phase conjugation
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Contributor : Sébastien van Luchene <>
Submitted on : Friday, March 31, 2017 - 11:35:02 AM
Last modification on : Wednesday, April 8, 2020 - 4:03:43 PM
Contributor : Sébastien van Luchene <>
Submitted on : Friday, March 31, 2017 - 11:35:02 AM
Last modification on : Wednesday, April 8, 2020 - 4:03:43 PM