Exploiting the Nonlinear Dynamics of Optically Injected Semiconductor Lasers for Optical Sensing
Optically injected semiconductor lasers are known to display a rich variety of dynamic behaviours, including the emission of excitable pulses, and of rare giant pulses (often referred to as optical rogue waves). Here, we use a well-known rate equation model to explore the combined effect of excitabi...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/167098 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/167098 https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/photonics6020045 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Semiconductor lasers Nonlinear Dynamics Nonlinear dynamics Optical injection Làsers de semiconductors Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física |
| Sumario: | Optically injected semiconductor lasers are known to display a rich variety of dynamic behaviours, including the emission of excitable pulses, and of rare giant pulses (often referred to as optical rogue waves). Here, we use a well-known rate equation model to explore the combined effect of excitability and extreme pulse emission, for the detection of variations in the strength of the injected field. We find parameter regions where the laser always responds to a perturbation by emitting an optical pulse whose amplitude is above a pre-defined detection threshold. We characterize the sensing capability of the laser in terms of the amplitude and the duration of the perturbation. |
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