CONTROL OF PERIODIC-ORBITS AND STEADY-STATES IN EXTERNAL-CAVITY LASER-DIODES USING IMPULSIVE ELECTRONIC FEEDBACK

In this paper the possibility of controlling steady states in a model of an external cavity laser diode with optimized impulsive delayed fee dback is demonstrated. An examination is made of the application of su ch feedback via modulation of the laser drive current. Account is take n of practical constraints arising from technical delay and the freque ncy in application of the control signal. It is demonstrated that cont rol of both unstable periodic orbits and steady states is achievable i n the fully developed coherence collapse regime with or without prelim inary targeting.