FAST PULSING AND CHAOTIC ITINERANCY WITH A DRIFT IN THE COHERENCE COLLAPSE OF SEMICONDUCTOR-LASERS

Authors
FISCHER I VANTARTWIJK GHM LEVINE AM ELSASSER W GOBEL E LENSTRA D
Citation
I. Fischer et al., FAST PULSING AND CHAOTIC ITINERANCY WITH A DRIFT IN THE COHERENCE COLLAPSE OF SEMICONDUCTOR-LASERS, Physical review letters, 76(2), 1996, pp. 220-223
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
76
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
220 - 223
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1996)76:2<220:FPACIW>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
We report the first experimental observation of irregular picosecond l ight pulses within the coherence collapse of a semiconductor laser sub ject to delayed moderate optical feedback. This pulsing behavior agree s with the recent explanation of low frequency fluctuations as chaotic itinerancy with a drift. Theory and experiments show very good agreem ent.