TY - JOUR
T1 - Mechanisms for multistability in a semiconductor laser with optical injection.
AU - Wieczorek, S.
AU - Krauskopf, B.
AU - Lenstra, D.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - We perform a detailed study of multistable behaviour in an optically injected semiconductor laser modeled by single-mode three-dimensional rate equations. It turns out that there is a wealth of regions of bi- and multistability - associated with bifurcations of periodic orbits - in the plane of injection strength and injection detuning. We follow such bifurcations over a wide range of parameters, which reveals different mechanisms for multistability in the system. In this way, we find, among others, the coexistence of two different periodic orbits with a chaotic attractor. Our results open new possibilities for optical switching between several different outputs of the laser.
AB - We perform a detailed study of multistable behaviour in an optically injected semiconductor laser modeled by single-mode three-dimensional rate equations. It turns out that there is a wealth of regions of bi- and multistability - associated with bifurcations of periodic orbits - in the plane of injection strength and injection detuning. We follow such bifurcations over a wide range of parameters, which reveals different mechanisms for multistability in the system. In this way, we find, among others, the coexistence of two different periodic orbits with a chaotic attractor. Our results open new possibilities for optical switching between several different outputs of the laser.
U2 - 10.1016/S0030-4018(00)00867-1
DO - 10.1016/S0030-4018(00)00867-1
M3 - Article
SN - 0030-4018
VL - 183
SP - 215
EP - 226
JO - Optics Communications
JF - Optics Communications
ER -