Synchronization of polarization chaos in mutually coupled free-running VCSELs

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  • Ziruo Wang
    Taiyuan University of Technology
  • Pu Li
    Taiyuan University of Technology
  • Zhiwei Jia
    Taiyuan University of Technology
  • Wenjie Wang
    Taiyuan University of Technology
  • Bingjie Xu
    Institute of Southwestern Communication
  • K. Alan Shore
  • Yuncai Wang
    Guangdong University of Technology
We numerically demonstrate and analyze polarization chaos synchronization between two free-running vertical cavity surface emitting semiconductor lasers (VCSELs) in the mutual coupling configuration under two scenarios: parallel injection and orthogonal injection. Specifically, we investigate the effect of external parameters (the bias current, frequency detuning and coupling coefficient) and internal parameters (the linewidth enhancement factor, spin-flip relaxation rate, field decay rate, carrier decay rate, birefringence and dichroism) on the synchronization quality. Finally simulation results confirm that in the parallel injection, chaotic synchronization can reach a cross-correlation coefficient of 0.99 within a range of parameter mismatch x00B1;12x0025;. On the other hand, the chaos synchronization for orthogonal injection only reaches a cross-correlation coefficient of 0.95 within a range of parameter mismatch x00B1;3x0025;.

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  • Laser coupling, Optical feedback, Optical networks, Ring networks, Semiconductor lasers, Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)17940-17950
Number of pages11
JournalOpt. Express
Volume29
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2021
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