Bandwidth-enhanced chaos synchronization in strongly injection-locked semiconductor lasers with optical feedback

Bandwidth-enhanced chaos synchronization in strongly injection-locked semiconductor lasers with optical feedback is numerically studied based on laser rate equations. The bandwidth of the chaotic carrier frequency in a semiconductor laser with optical feedback is expanded roughly three times by strong optical injection compared with the bandwidth when there is no optical injection. Using a bandwidth-enhanced semiconductor laser as a chaotic transmitter and receiver, we synchronized transmitter and the receiver lasers in a complete chaos synchronization scheme.     

半导体激光器混沌输出的延时特征和带宽

外腔延时特征和带宽是影响混沌激光应用的两个重要参量.本文将一个单路光反馈的半导体激光器输出的激光部分地注入到另一个双路滤波光反馈的半导体激光器中,从而构成一个具有外光注入的双路滤波光反馈半导体激光器系统,即主从激光器系统,用于抑制混沌激光的延时特征并研究其带宽.数值研究了外光注入系数、反馈强度、抽运因子和滤波器带宽对系统输出混沌激光的延时特征的影响,然后将该系统对延时特征的抑制效果和具有外光注入的单路光反馈半导体激光器系统、具有外光注入的双路光反馈半导体激光器系统、具有外光注入的单路滤波光反馈半导体激光器系统以及无光注入双路滤波光反馈半导体激光器系统进行对比和分析,结果表明本文提出的方案对延时特征的抑制效果最好.然后在本文提出的具有外光注入的双路滤波光反馈半导体激光器系统中,延时特征被有效抑制的参数条件下研究系统输出混沌激光的带宽,结果表明,通过适当选择参数的取值,本文提出的方案可以提高系统输出混沌激光的带宽.     

Enhanced locking region in injection-locked two-section lasers

In this Letter, we investigate the criteria for achieving an enhanced stable locking region in the parameter space of injected field E_inj and frequency detuning ω in two-section semiconductor lasers subject to optical injection. Using the rate equations, a stability analysis is performed and the conditions for an enhanced locking region are deduced from the requirement for the average linewidth enhancement factor appearing in the locking-bandwidth equation to be close to zero. We calculate a stability map for an injection-locked two-section laser with an almost-symmetrical locking region that is greatly enhanced compared to a single-section injection-locked laser with identical material and control parameters.     

Observations on the dynamics of external cavity semiconductor lasers

Dynamics of external cavity semiconductor lasers is known to be a complex and uncontrollable phenomenon. Due to the lack of experimental studies on the nature of the external cavity semiconductor lasers, there is a need to theoretically clarify laser dynamics. The stability of laser dynamics in the present paper, is analyzed through plotting the Lyapunov exponent spectra, bifurcation diagrams, phase portrait and electric field intensity time series. The analysis is preformed with respect to applied feedback phase C_p, feedback strength η and the pump current of the laser. The main argument of the paper is to show that the laser dynamics can not be accounted for through simply a bifurcation diagram and single-control parameter. The comparison of the obtained results provides a very detailed picture of the qualitative changes in laser dynamics.     

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.     

Investigation on amplitude and frequency noise of injection-locked diode-pumped Nd:YAG lasers

Amplitude and frequency stability of an injection-locked diode-pumped miniature Nd:YAG ring laser were measured. The mechanism of amplitude-noise transfer to the injection-locked slave laser was experimentally investigated and consequences for the injection locking of solid-state lasers operating at high output powers are discussed.     

线宽增强因子对光反馈半导体激光器混沌信号生成随机数性能的影响

基于光反馈半导体激光器产生的宽带混沌信号作为物理熵源生成物理随机数已得到广泛研究.线宽增强因子的存在会导致半导体激光器出现大量不稳定动态特性,因此,本文着重研究半导体激光器的线宽增强因子对生成随机数性能的影响.数值仿真结果表明:随着线宽增强因子的增加,光反馈半导体激光器输出混沌信号的延时峰值逐渐减小、最大李雅普诺夫指数逐渐增大.基于不同线宽增强因子下产生的混沌信号提取随机数,并利用NIST SP 800-22软件对生成随机数的性能进行测试.测试结果表明,选取线宽增强因子较大的半导体激光器产生混沌信号作为物理熵源易于生成性能良好的随机数.     

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.     

Dynamics of two coupled chaotic multimode Nd:YAG lasers with intracavity frequency doubling crystal

The effect of coupling two chaotic Nd:YAG lasers with intracavity KTP crystal for frequency doubling is numerically studied for the case of the laser operating in three longitudinal modes. It is seen that the system goes from chaotic to periodic and then to steady state as the coupling constant is increased. The intensity time series and phase diagrams are drawn and the Lyapunov characteristic exponent is calculated to characterize the chaotic and periodic regions.     

Performance characteristics of positive and negative delayed feedback on chaotic dynamics of directly modulated InGaAsP semiconductor lasers

The chaotic dynamics of directly modulated semiconductor lasers with delayed optoelectronic feedback is studied numerically. The effects of positive and negative delayed optoelectronic feedback in producing chaotic outputs from such lasers with nonlinear gain reduction in its optimum value range is investigated using bifurcation diagrams. The results are confirmed by calculating the Lyapunov exponents. A negative delayed optoelectronic feedback configuration is found to be more effective in inducing chaotic dynamics to such systems with nonlinear gain reduction factor in the practical value range.      

Integrity of semiconductor laser chaotic communications to naïve eavesdroppers

The integrity of a chaotic encoding technique based on an external-cavity semiconductor laser transmitter-receiver system is experimentally examined. A semiconductor laser placed in the transmission path of the system is used to represent an eavesdropper intercepting a chaotic communication. The eavesdropper is able to obtain a copy of the transmission but is unable to decode the message. A chaotic communication system based on external-cavity semiconductor lasers is seen therefore to be secure against this form of interception.     

半导体激光器输出混沌光的延时特性和带宽

提出一个新的方案用于抑制半导体激光器输出混沌光的延时特性并研究其带宽.在该方案中,将由伪随机信号驱动的相位调制器加到具有双路光反馈的半导体激光器的两个反馈腔中,从而构成具有双路相位调制光反馈的分布反馈半导体激光器系统.数值研究了延迟时间和反馈系数等参数对该系统输出混沌光的延时特性的影响,用自相关函数曲线中的延时特征峰的最大值表示延时特性.然后将该系统对延时特性的抑制效果和具有双路光反馈的分布反馈半导体激光器系统以及具有单路相位调制光反馈的分布反馈半导体激光器系统进行比较,结果表明本文所提出方案的抑制效果最好.进而基于能有效抑制延时特性的参数条件研究了具有双路相位调制光反馈的分布反馈半导体激光器输出混沌光的带宽,结果表明,抽运因子的增大和反馈系数的增加都能使系统输出混沌光的带宽变大.     

Nonlinear semiconductor lasers and amplifiers for all-optical information processing

The nonlinear properties of semiconductor lasers and laser amplifiers when subject to optical injection are reviewed and new results are presented for multisection lasers, vertical cavity semiconductor optical amplifiers, and surface-emitting lasers. The main underlying material parameters are outlined and the key design approaches are discussed for both edge-emitting and vertical cavity devices. An overview of theoretical modeling approaches is discussed and a summary of key experimental results is presented. The practical use of optically injected edge-emitting and vertical cavity semiconductor lasers and laser amplifiers is illustrated with examples of applications including, among others, optical logic and chaotic communication.     

注入半导体激光器混沌调制性能与内部相位键控编码方法研究

研究注入半导体激光混沌调制解调及其性能特性，提出外部光注入半导体激光器混沌内部相位编码方法. 小信号调制分析了系统混沌调制响应函数和解调响应函数以及解调因子，系统的调制解调响应函数以及解调因子在60MHz有一个峰值，系统在高频调制时，响应函数和解调因子明显下降. 理论推导出混沌调制解调方程，给出了小信号调制时的信息信号的解，数值分析出系统在低频有一个调制解调峰值，高频调制解调效果下降，但系统仍可以进行10⁹Hz频率调制解调. 数值模拟并证明了系统在较大的参数范围内都能实现同步，模拟了混沌调制速率200Mb/s和调制频率1.4GHz的保密通信应用. 还通过键控调制注入光的相位相移对激光混沌态进行了编码，通过同步与非同步进行混沌解码，数值模拟了具有调制速率10Mb/s的混沌相位键控编码通信应用. 关键词： 混沌 同步 激光器 相位     

Chaotic synchronization of two inverse-injection semiconductor lasers for logic gates

A round-coupling configuration of two inverse-injection semiconductor lasers is presented for logic gate applications. Two laser diodes coupled via injection from the opposite laser became chaotic. Chaotic synchronization is achieved between the two lasers. Two all-optical or two optoelectronic logic gates can be implemented by modulating the injected light or laser diode current, respectively, to synchronize or unsynchronize the two chaotic states. Numerical results show the validity and feasibility of the method.     

Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser transition and laser action on scar modes in semiconductor diode lasers with deformed resonators

Measurements of the optical spectra of semiconductor injection lasers with deformed cylinder resonators show strong indications of the classical Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser transition from integrability to chaos for devices with small deformation. At larger deformation, evidence for laser action on scar modes is obtained. The diode lasers operate with TE polarization, resulting in laser action on (partially) chaotic whispering-gallery modes for all deformations.     

Synchronization of chaotic semiconductor lasers by optical injection with random phase modulation

It is shown that identical synchronization of two chaotic semiconductor lasers can be achieved by injection of a common optical signal with randomly varying phase. An optical signal with randomly modulated phase is injected into two semiconductor lasers which have chaotic oscillations due to optical feedback. Strong correlation between complex intensity oscillations of the two lasers is observed even though the intensity of the common injection signal is constant. Characteristic properties of this type of synchronization are shown, in particular, the dependence of the synchronization threshold on the injection strength and the rate of phase modulation, and the dependence of the intensity correlation on the difference in phase of optical feedback.     

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.     

光纤混沌相位编码保密通信系统理论研究

通过耦合激光混沌相位控制同步系统和光纤信道，提出外部光注入半导体激光器激光混沌相 位控制光纤同步以及混沌相位相移键控外调制光纤保密通信系统理论模型，数值实现了在相 位控制器控制下的远程光纤混沌同步.理论分析了光纤自相位调制对混沌信号以及对同步的 影响，导出了光纤混沌最大传输距离公式.通过连续键控调制相位控制器实现了光纤激光混 沌相位相移键控编码调制发射，设置接收系统相位控制器控制激光相位相移实现了光纤激光 混沌同步解调.数值模拟了具有比特率50Mbit/s远程光纤混沌数字编码通信系统的应用，详 细地进行了在远距离光纤传输中的系统参数失配以及系统抗噪声能力的数值分析. 关键词： 混沌 同步 光纤混沌通信 半导体激光器 相位     

Synchronization of time delayed semiconductor lasers and its applications in digital cryptography

This work aims to demonstrate the effect of synchronization phenomena in chaotic laser systems described by modified Lang-Kobayashi's (L-K) delay differential equations. The synchronized system considered for numerical simulations and for cryptography consists of identical semiconductor lasers operating in single longitudinal mode. The two lasers are bidirectionally coupled by linear optical feedback. As this is essential in simultaneous transmission of messages, we have applied the corresponding coupled chaotic dynamics to secure communications. An investigation of the system together with a novel scheme for digital cryptography and visual recurrence analysis (VRA) of the chaotic time series are presented. Extended statistical tests with the proposed two phase scheme demonstrate the efficiency of these infinite dimensional systems in being tolerant to different types of statistical attacks. The result emphasizes the merits of the uncertainty and high dimensionality of optical chaos system in duplex high speed secure communications.