Observation of flat chaos generation using an optical feedback multi-mode laser with a band-pass filter: Optics Express
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We demonstrate experimentally that flat and broadband chaotic signals can be easily generated by combining a multi-mode laser diode subject to optical feedback with a band-pass filter. Measurements are made of the RF spectra of multi-mode and single-mode outputs from an external cavity Fabry-Perot (FP) semiconductor laser before and after the filtering procedure. In this way it is found that in the chaos regime the low-frequency energy of the single-mode output is enhanced by about 25 dB comparing with that of the multi-mode output. Moreover, the associated 3-dB chaos bandwidth can reach around 6 GHz for the single mode case. Numerical demonstrations show mode competition is the physical origin of the low-frequency enhancement in the single-mode chaotic outputs.
Keywords
- Diode lasers, Optical time domain reflectometry, Random number generation, Semiconductor lasers, Single mode lasers, Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 17859-17867 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Optics Express |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 13 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |