Stable route-tracking synchronization between two chaotically pulsing semiconductor lasers

Stable route-tracking synchronization is experimentally demonstrated in two semiconductor lasers with delayed optoelectronic feedback. When the two lasers are stably synchronized, the receiver laser is observed to track the route to chaotic pulsing of the transmitter laser. The stability of the route-tracking synchronization is examined by calculation of the transverse Lyapunov exponents of the coupled system.     

Comparison of two types of synchronization of external-cavity semiconductor lasers

We study numerically the synchronization of external-cavity semiconductor lasers in a master-slave configuration, based on a Lang-Kobayashi-type model. Depending on the feedback and coupling strengths, the slave laser synchronizes with the injected optical field or with the injected field but lags in time. We show that these two types of synchronization present different robustness with respect to the noise, frequency detuning, and current modulation of the master laser.     

Chaotic dynamics of semiconductor microring lasers

The complexity and dynamics of chaotic attractors generated in an InGaAsP-InP microring laser are calculated and evaluated by using a multimode rate equation model. Chaos originates from the continuous mutual injections from each mode to the other because of the bus waveguide's residual reflectivity at high values of the injection current. The data analysis of the filtered output power reveals high-dimensional chaos, and phase-dependent behavior is demonstrated.     

Synchronous implementation of optoelectronic NOR and XNOR logic gates using parallel synchronization of three chaotic lasers

The parallel synchronization of three chaotic lasers is used to emulate optoelectronic logic NOR and XNOR gates via modulating the light and the current. We deduce a logical computational equation that governs the chaotic synchronization, logical input, and logical output. We construct fundamental gates based on the three chaotic lasers and define the computational principle depending on the parallel synchronization. The logic gate can be implemented by appropriately synchronizing two chaotic lasers. The system shows practicability and flexibility because it can emulate synchronously an XNOR gate, two NOR gates, and so on. The synchronization can still be deteceted when mismatches exist with a certain range.     

基于半导体材料微纳波导全光逻辑门的研究进展

全光逻辑门是全光计算以及全光信号处理系统中关键的光子器件.随着互补金属氧化物半导体(COMS)工艺的发展,基于半导体材料微纳波导全光逻辑门已经成为集成光学领域中的重要方向;尤其是硅基光子集成器件在近些年成为了国际研究热点.文章主要对基于绝缘体上的硅(SOD)和Ⅲ-Ⅴ族化合物材料不同波导结构(马赫-曾德尔干涉仪(Mach-Zehnder interferometer)微环谐振腔和条形波导结构)的全光逻辑门的研究进展进行了介绍,并且在器件的工作速率和功耗方面,分别对上述基于SOI和Ⅲ-Ⅴ族化合物材料三种不同波导结构的全光逻辑门进行了分析和比较.     

基于半导体材料微纳波导全光逻辑门的研究进展

全光逻辑门是全光计算以及全光信号处理系统中关键的光子器件.随着互补金属氧化物半导体(CMOS)工艺的发展,基于半导体材料微纳波导全光逻辑门已经成为集成光学领域中的重要方向;尤其是硅基光子集成器件在近些年成为了国际研究热点.文章主要对基于绝缘体上的硅(SOI)和Ⅲ-Ⅴ族化合物材料不同波导结构（马赫-曾德尔干涉仪(Mach-Zehnder interferometer)微环谐振腔和条形波导结构）的全光逻辑门的研究进展进行了介绍,并且在器件的工作速率和功耗方面,分别对上述基于SOI和Ⅲ-Ⅴ族化合物材料三种不同波导结构的全光逻辑门进行了分析和比较.     

Entanglement-assisted quantum logic gates for two remote qubits

We propose a protocol to realize quantum logic gates for two remote qubits via entanglement swapping. According to the scheme of quantum repeater presented by H.-J. Briegel et al., we can complete long-distance communication and computation. Compared with previous schemes through noisy channels, our protocol can overcome the limitation that error probability scales exponentially with the length of the channel. We illustrate this protocol in cavity QED system, but the idea can also be realized in other physical systems.     

Chaos synchronization of optoelectronic coupled semiconductor lasers ring

In this paper, we propose a chaos synchronization configuration based on the optoelectronic coupled semiconductor lasers ring (OCSLR). The synchronization characteristics between semiconductor lasers (SLs) under unidirectional or bidirectional OCSLR are numerically investigated, and the influences of some typical internal and external mismatched parameters on synchronization are simultaneously discussed. The results show that, compared with a unidirectional OCSLR, the bidirectional OCSLR possesses better synchronization properties and robustness to the mismatched parameters. Moreover, the extraction of the encoded signals is preliminarily examined under the chaos shift keying scheme.     

Open loop synchronization of semiconductor lasers with periodical injection

In this paper, the influence of fluctuation amplitude and frequency of the injection field on the dynamics and synchronization of semiconductor lasers are studied numerically. The fluctuation amplitude and frequency of the injection field are controlled by external modulation of the master laser. In the simulation, we use a modified correlation coefficient named similarity index to evaluate the synchronization performance. The results show that frequency and fluctuation amplitude of the injection field play important roles on the dynamics and synchronization quality of the system. Large fluctuation amplitude and moderate fluctuation frequency of the injection field will contribute to the synchronization of the two lasers. The results can also be extended to the analysis of chaotic signals.     

Experimental synchronization of chaotic oscillations in external-cavity semiconductor lasers

Synchronization of fast chaotic oscillations of the order of gigahertz is experimentally observed in two external-cavity semiconductor lasers.     

Chaos synchronization in injection-locked semiconductor lasers with optical feedback

Based on the rate equations, we have investigated three types of chaos synchronizations in injection-locked semiconductor lasers with optical feedback. Numerical simulation shows that the synchronization can be realized by the symmetric or asymmetric laser systems. Also, the influence of parameter mismatches on chaos synchronization is investigated, and the results imply that these two lasers can achieve good synchronization, with smaller tolerance of parameter mismatch existing.     

All-optical logic gates based on two-photon absorption in semiconductor optical amplifiers

When the two-photon absorption of a high intensity pump beam takes place in a semiconductor optical amplifier there is an associated fast phase change of a weak probe signal. A scheme to realize fast all-optical XOR logic function using two-photon absorption induced phase change has been analyzed. Rate equations for semiconductor optical amplifiers, for input data signals with high intensity, configured in the form of a Mach–Zehnder interferometer has been solved. The input intensities are high enough so that the two-photon induced phase change is larger than the regular gain induced phase change. The model shows that both XOR operation and pseudo-random binary sequence generation at 250 Gb/s with good signal to noise ratio is feasible.     

Correlation dimension signature of wideband chaos synchronization of semiconductor lasers

Chaos data analysis has been performed on the chaotic output power time series data from a synchronized transmitter-receiver pair of semiconductor lasers. The system uses an asymmetric, bidirectional coupling configuration between the master (transmitter), which is a laser diode with optical feedback, and a stand-alone slave semiconductor laser. The correlation dimension of the chaotic time series has a minimum value of 4, which was obtained from high-bandwidth measurements. The correlation dimensions for both the master and the synchronized slave are identical when the cross-correlation coefficient of the synchronized chaos is above 0.9. These results establish correlation dimension analysis as an effective tool for the determination of the quality of wideband chaos synchronization.     

Chaos synchronization in semiconductor lasers with polarization-rotated optical feedback

Chaotic oscillations of the transverse magnetic (TM) mode, which is not a common lasing mode, are excited by using polarization-rotated optical feedback from the transverse electric (TE) mode in a semiconductor laser. In our previous paper, we found that the dynamics were strongly dependent on their RF components under the condition of moderate optical feedback from the TE mode to the TM mode and that they were divided into three RF regions; low-pass filtered signals with a lower frequency than the laser relaxation oscillation frequency, intermediate RF components including the relaxation oscillation frequency, and high-pass filtered signals with a higher frequency higher than the relaxation oscillation frequency. Depending on the frequency bands, the laser outputs showed different correlations. In the present study, using such schemes, the polarization-rotated beam from a transmitter laser (i.e., the rotated TE-mode beam of a transmitter laser) is injected into a receiver laser. We experimentally observe chaos synchronization in accordance with the dynamics of RF components on the transmitter laser side. We also perform numerical calculations using a model and obtain good agreement between the theoretical and experimental results.     

Scheme for implementing quantum logic gates for two atomstrapped in different cavities

A scheme is presented for realizing quantum logic gates for two atoms localized in two distant optical cavities. Our scheme works in a regime in which the atom--cavity coupling strength is smaller than the cavity decay rate. Thus the requirement on the quality factor of the cavities is greatly relaxed. Furthermore, the fidelity of our scheme is not affected by detection inefficiency and atomic decay. These advantages are important in view of experiment.     

Chaos synchronization and spontaneous symmetry-breaking in symmetrically delay-coupled semiconductor lasers

We present experimental and numerical investigations of the dynamics of two device-identical, optically coupled semiconductor lasers exhibiting a delay in the coupling. Our results give evidence for subnanosecond coupling-induced synchronized chaotic dynamics in conjunction with a spontaneous symmetry-breaking: we find a well-defined time lag between the dynamics of the two lasers, and an asymmetric physical role of the subsystems. We demonstrate that the leading laser synchronizes its lagging counterpart, whereas the synchronized lagging laser drives the coupling-induced instabilities.     

Frequency domain analysis of the chaotic synchronization of injection-locked semiconductor lasers

The quality and degree of synchronization obtained between a chaotic master laser diode and a slave laser diode is usually assessed using a correlogram. This technique is known to accurately identify areas of good synchronization, but it is not able to elucidate why these regions exist. By using a complementary frequency domain technique, the response gain, we have been able to obtain further insight into the synchronization process. We show using numerical simulations that trends in synchronization quality evident in the injection-locking diagram are also present in the response gain. We also show that most of the spectral power is situated in a small band of frequencies close to the relaxation oscillation frequency of the master laser and that accurate reproduction of these frequency components in the slave laser is vital in achieving a good synchronization. We associate the variation in synchronization quality within the injection-locking regime to changes in the response gain profile induced by the optical injection from the master laser. Variations in the spectral profile of the response gain clearly delineate and explain the various regions seen in the correlation synchronization diagram.     

Polarization switching and synchronization of mutually coupled vertical-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor lasers

Polarization switching (PS) dynamics and synchronization performances of two mutually coupled vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) are studied theoretically in this paper. A group of dimensionless rate equations is derived to describe our model. While analysing the PS characteristics, we focus on the effects of coupling rate and frequency detuning regarding different mutual injection types. The results indicate that the x-mode injection defers the occurrence of PS, while the y-mode injection leads the PS to occur at a lower current. Strong enough polarization-selective injection can suppress the PS. Moreover, if frequency detuning is considered, the effects of polarization-selective mutual injection will be weakened. To evaluate the synchronization performance, the correlation coefficients and output dynamics of VCSELs with both pure mode and mixed mode polarizations are given. It is found that performance of complete synchronization is sensitive to the frequency mismatch but it is little affected by mixed mode polarizations, which is opposite to the case of injection-locking synchronization.     

Experimental verification of anticipated and retarded synchronization in chaotic semiconductor lasers

Experimental observation of both anticipated and retarded synchronization is demonstrated using unidirectionally coupled semiconductor lasers with delayed optoelectronic feedback. Depending on the difference between the transmission time and the feedback delay time, the lasers fall into either the anticipated or the retarded synchronization regime, where the driven receiver laser leads or lags behind the driving transmitter laser. The two regimes are observed to have the same stability of chaos synchronization in the presence of small perturbations by noise and parameter mismatches. In both regimes the observed time shift between the synchronized chaotic waveforms is found to be equal to the difference between the transmission time and the feedback delay time.     

Anticipation in the synchronization of chaotic semiconductor lasers with optical feedback

The synchronization of chaotic semiconductor lasers with optical feedback is studied numerically in a one-way coupling configuration, in which a small amount of the intensity of one laser (master laser) is injected coherently into the other (slave laser). A regime of anticipated synchronization is found, in which the intensity of the slave laser is synchronized to the future chaotic intensity of the master laser. Anticipation is robust to small noise and parameter mismatches, but in this case the synchronization is not complete. It is also shown that anticipated synchronization occurs in coupled time-delay systems, when the coupling has a delay that is less than the delay of the systems.