Kane / Shore Unlocking Dynamical Diversity

Optical Feedback Effects on Semiconductor Lasers
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-470-85620-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 356 Seiten, E-Book

Applications of semiconductor lasers with optical feedback systemsare driving rapid developments in theoretical and experimentalresearch. The very broad wavelength-gain-bandwidth of semiconductorlasers combined with frequency-filtered, strong optical feedbackcreate the tunable, single frequency laser systems utilised intelecommunications, environmental sensing, measurement and control.Those with weak to moderate optical feedback lead to the chaoticsemiconductor lasers of private communication. This resourceillustrates the diversity of dynamic laser states and thetechnological applications thereof, presenting a timely synthesisof current findings, and providing the roadmap for exploiting theirfuture potential.
* Provides theory-based explanations underpinned by a vast range ofexperimental studies on optical feedback, including conventional,phase conjugate and frequency- filtered feedback in standard,commercial and single-stripe semiconductor lasers
* Includes the classic Lang-Kobayashi equation model, through tomore recent theory, with new developments in techniques for solvingdelay differential equations and bifurcation analysis
* Explores developments in self-mixing interferometry to producesub-nanometre sensitivity in path-length measurements
* Reviews tunable single frequency semiconductor lasers and systemsand their diverse range of applications in sensing and opticalcommunications
* Emphasises the importance of synchronised chaotic semiconductorlasers using optical feedback and private communicationssystems
Unlocking Dynamical Diversity illustrates all theory using realworld examples gleaned from international cutting-edge research.Such an approach appeals to industry professionals working insemiconductor lasers, laser physics and laser applications and isessential reading for researchers and postgraduates in thesefields.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kane, Deborah

Kane, Deborah M.

Shore, Alan

Shore, K. Alan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
1 Introduction (Deborah M. Kane and K. AlanShore).
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 andIestyn Pierce).
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Basic Model: Single Mode Lasers with Weak OpticalFeedback.
2.3 Steady State Analysis of the Lang-KobayashiEquations.
2.4 Multimode Iterative Analysis of the Dynamics of Laser DiodesSubject 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-KobayashiApproach.
3.3 Filtered Optical Feedback.
3.4 Phase-Conjugate Feedback.
3.5 Conclusion.
Acknowledgements.
Note.
References.
4 Experimental Observations (A. Tom Gavrielides andDavid 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 FrequencyFluctuations.
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 (BerndKrauskopf).
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 andCristina Masoller Ottieri).
6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Synchronization of Unidirectionally Coupled SemiconductorLasers.
6.3 Synchronization of Mutually Coupled SemiconductorLasers.
6.4 Conclusion.
References.
7 Laser Interferometry (Guido Giuliani and SilvanoDonati).
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 Laser Diode Feedback Interferometry: Theory and BasicExperiments.
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 SemiconductorLaser Systems (Esa Jaatinen).
8.1 Introduction.
8.2 Effect of Frequency Filtering the Feedback for Robust SingleFrequency Operation.
8.3 Tunable Semiconductor Laser System Designs and OperatingCharacteristics.
8.4 Frequency Stabilization.
8.5 Tunable Semiconductor Laser System Applications.
8.6 Conclusion.
References.
9 Chaotic Optical Communication (Junji Ohtsubo andPeter 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 forSynchronized Chaos Communication.
9.6 Communication Bandwidth.
9.7 Conclusion.
Acknowledgements.
References.
Index.