Modeling of optical synchronization of chaotic external-cavityVCSELs |
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| Authors: | Spencer PS Mirasso CR Colet P Shore KA |
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| Affiliation: | Sch. of Electron. Eng. & Comput. Syst., Univ. of Wales, Bangor; |
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| Abstract: | The performance of a master-slave configuration for effecting the synchronization of chaotic vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) is studied using numerical simulations. The dynamical evolution of optically coupled VCSELs is examined using a traveling wave model which is valid in the strong optical feedback regime. It is shown that the proposed configuration is capable of effecting synchronization in a robust manner. The opportunity for exploiting synchronized chaos in secure optical communication systems is indicated |
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