Frequency versus relaxation oscillations in a semiconductor laser with coherent filtered optical feedback

H. Erzgraber, B. Krauskopf, D. Lenstra, A.P.A. Fischer, G. Vemuri

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Abstract

We investigate the dynamics of a semiconductor laser subject to coherent delayed filtered optical feedback. A systematic bifurcation analysis reveals that this system supports two fundamentally different types of oscillations, namely relaxation oscillations and external roundtrip oscillations. Both occur stably in large domains under variation of the feedback conditions, where the feedback phase is identified as a key quantity for controlling this dynamical complexity. We identify two separate parameter regions of stable roundtrip oscillations, which occur throughout in the form of pure frequency oscillations.
Original languageEnglish
Article number055201(R)
JournalPhysical Review E
Volume73
Issue number5
Early online date24 May 2006
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2006

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