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View article: Polarization and tranverse mode nonlinear dynamics in a multimode VCSEL
Polarization and tranverse mode nonlinear dynamics in a multimode VCSEL Open
We theoretically analyze the nonlinear dynamics and routes to chaos in a multimode vertical cavity surface-emitting laser (MM-VCSEL) in free-running operation. Including higher order transverse modes (TMs) results in additional bifurcation…
View article: Synchronization of lasers with complex spatio-temporal dynamics
Synchronization of lasers with complex spatio-temporal dynamics Open
Synchronization is among the most fascinating dynamical behaviors through which oscillators like lasers align their temporal dynamics under weak coupling. So far, experimental studies have been restricted to lasers exhibiting structured te…
View article: Photorefractive reservoir computing
Photorefractive reservoir computing Open
Reservoir computing (RC) is a machine learning (ML) framework that has gained attention in recent years as the interest in alternative computing paradigms has grown. RC allows the utilization of physical systems to solve ML tasks. We demon…
View article: Passively mode-locked high-frequency dual-VCSEL system: erratum
Passively mode-locked high-frequency dual-VCSEL system: erratum Open
This erratum corrects an error in [ Opt. Express 31 , 8296 ( 2023 ) 10.1364/OE.480388 ].
View article: Chaos from a free-running broad-area VCSEL
Chaos from a free-running broad-area VCSEL Open
We experimentally report on the detection of chaos from a free-running commercial broad-area VCSEL without the need for external perturbation such as optical feedback, injection or current modulation. The evolution of nonlinear dynamics le…
View article: Complexity of chaotic optical frequency combs
Complexity of chaotic optical frequency combs Open
The dynamics of a single-mode semiconductor laser induced by the optical injection of a frequency comb are analyzed through the lens of complexity. In particular, the focus is dynamics outside the injection-locking region. Permutation entr…
View article: Chaos injection and synchronization in cascade experiments
Chaos injection and synchronization in cascade experiments Open
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View article: Nonlinear dynamics of a laser diode subjected to both optical injection and optical feedback
Nonlinear dynamics of a laser diode subjected to both optical injection and optical feedback Open
We analyse theoretically the nonlinear dynamics of a single-mode laser diode subjected to both optical injection and optical feedback. Detailed mappings of the laser dynamics reveal that, due to optical feedback (OF), the locking boundarie…
View article: Spontaneous phase locking in a broad-area semiconductor laser
Spontaneous phase locking in a broad-area semiconductor laser Open
Broad-area semiconductor lasers are employed in many high-power applications, however, their spatio-temporal dynamics is complex and intrinsically unstable due to the interaction of several transverse lasing modes. A dynamical and spatio-s…
View article: Optical chaos synchronization in a cascaded injection experiment
Optical chaos synchronization in a cascaded injection experiment Open
We experimentally study the synchronization of chaos generated by semiconductor lasers in a cascade injection configuration, i.e., a tunable master laser is used to generate chaos by optical injection in a transmitter laser that injects li…
View article: High-resolution dynamic consistency analysis of photonic time-delay reservoir computer
High-resolution dynamic consistency analysis of photonic time-delay reservoir computer Open
We numerically investigate a time-delayed reservoir computer architecture based on a single-mode laser diode with optical injection and optical feedback. Through a high-resolution parametric analysis, we reveal unforeseen regions of high d…
View article: Passively mode-locked high-frequency dual-VCSEL system
Passively mode-locked high-frequency dual-VCSEL system Open
Two VCSELs placed facing each other with one biased chip while the second chip is unbiased is shown as a promising alternative to the popularly used conventional SESAM mode-locked VECSEL to generate mode-locked pulses. We propose a theoret…
View article: Chaotic dynamics of a broad-area VCSEL
Chaotic dynamics of a broad-area VCSEL Open
We investigate the polarization, spatial, spectral and dynamic properties of a broad-area VCSEL in continuous-wave operation. The transverse and polarization mode competition results in a complex bifurcation scenario leading to chaotic dyn…
View article: Complex nonlinear dynamics of polarization and transverse modes in a broad-area VCSEL
Complex nonlinear dynamics of polarization and transverse modes in a broad-area VCSEL Open
Lasers can exhibit nonlinear and chaotic dynamics driven by the interaction of multiple lasing modes, and investigating the different scenarios of mode competition and bifurcations of their dynamics is of great interest on a fundamental le…
View article: High-frequency chaotic bursts in laser diode with optical-feedback
High-frequency chaotic bursts in laser diode with optical-feedback Open
The diversity of observed nonlinear dynamics in laser diodes subjected to optical feedback shows promise as an excellent candidate for chaos-based commercial applications. Thus, works in the last decade have primarily focused on system per…
View article: Polarization dynamics in VCSELs subject to optical frequency comb injection
Polarization dynamics in VCSELs subject to optical frequency comb injection Open
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View article: Complex nonlinear dynamics of polarization and transverse modes in a broad-area VCSEL
Complex nonlinear dynamics of polarization and transverse modes in a broad-area VCSEL Open
Lasers can exhibit nonlinear and chaotic dynamics driven by the interaction of multiple lasing modes, and investigating the different scenarios of mode competition and bifurcations of their dynamics is of great interest on a fundamental le…
View article: Two Polarization Comb Dynamics in VCSELs Subject to Optical Injection
Two Polarization Comb Dynamics in VCSELs Subject to Optical Injection Open
Optical frequency comb technologies have received intense attention due to their numerous promising applications ranging from optical communications to optical comb spectroscopy. In this study, we experimentally demonstrate a new approach …
View article: Editorial Introduction to the JSTQE Special Issue on Semiconductor Lasers
Editorial Introduction to the JSTQE Special Issue on Semiconductor Lasers Open
The papers in this special section focus on the topic of semiconductor lasers. Almost 60 years after their first demonstration this area of research remains one of the most active fields in photonics fueled both by the incorporation of new…
View article: Tailoring frequency combs through VCSEL polarization dynamics
Tailoring frequency combs through VCSEL polarization dynamics Open
We investigate experimentally the nonlinear polarization dynamics of a VCSEL subject to optical injection of a frequency comb. By tuning the polarization of the injected comb to be orthogonal to that of the VCSEL, we demonstrate the genera…
View article: Optimized properties of chaos from a laser diode
Optimized properties of chaos from a laser diode Open
We perform an experimental parametric study of the chaos generated by a laser diode subjected to phase-conjugate feedback. In addition to the typical figure of merit, i.e., chaos bandwidth, the corresponding spectral flatness and permutati…
View article: Nonlinear Polarization Dynamics of VCSEL with Frequency Comb Injection
Nonlinear Polarization Dynamics of VCSEL with Frequency Comb Injection Open
We propose a new approach of broad frequency comb generation by exploiting the polar- ization dynamics in a VCSEL induced by parallel frequency comb injection. Polarization mode competition leads to two tunable combs with orthogonal polari…
View article: Nonlinear dynamics of a laser diode with an injection of an optical frequency comb
Nonlinear dynamics of a laser diode with an injection of an optical frequency comb Open
We experimentally and theoretically demonstrate the variety of the nonlinear dynamics exhibited by a single frequency semiconductor laser subjected to optical injection from a frequency comb. The injection parameters (the detuning and the …
View article: Experimental realization of dual task processing with a photonic reservoir computer
Experimental realization of dual task processing with a photonic reservoir computer Open
We experimentally demonstrate the possibility to process two tasks in parallel with a photonic reservoir computer based on a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) as a physical node with time-delay optical feedback. The two tasks …
View article: Slow light of dark pulses in a photorefractive crystal
Slow light of dark pulses in a photorefractive crystal Open
Slowdown of Gaussian “dark pulses” in photorefractive crystal using a two-wave mixing method is shown at room temperature. In agreement with our theoretical model, the experiment shows the dependence of the dark pulse delay and the group v…
View article: Slow light using photorefractive nonlinear optics
Slow light using photorefractive nonlinear optics Open
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View article: Manipulating the chaos bandwidth of a semiconductor laser subjected to phase-conjugate feedback
Manipulating the chaos bandwidth of a semiconductor laser subjected to phase-conjugate feedback Open
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View article: Slow light with photorefractive beam fanning
Slow light with photorefractive beam fanning Open
The beam fanning naturally occurring in a photorefractive crystal is shown to slow down a single light pulse at room temperature. Slow light is demonstrated for both visible and infrared wavelength light pulses as short as the response tim…
View article: Threshold plasticity of hybrid Si-VO2 microring resonators
Threshold plasticity of hybrid Si-VO2 microring resonators Open
We theoretically simulate the threshold plasticity of a high-Q-factor silicon-on-insulator microring resonator integrated with VO 2 . The proposed structure can perform excitatory and inhibitory learning by tuning the initial working condi…