Summary
International Symposium on Nonlinear Theory and Its Applications
2015
Session Number:A3L-C
Session:
Number:A3L-C-1
High-Frequency Self-Pulsations in a Semiconductor Laser with Optical Feedback in a Photonic Integrated Circuit
Andreas Karsaklian Dal Bosco, Kazutaka Kanno, Atsushi Uchida, Marc Sciamanna, Takahisa Harayama, Kazuyuki Yoshimura,
pp.149-152
Publication Date:2015/12/1
Online ISSN:2188-5079
Summary:
We present the bifurcation cascade leading to self-pulsing dynamics in a semiconductor laser embedded in a photonic integrated circuit. This pulsing dynamics is specific to lasers operating in short cavity regimes and originates from beating between external cavity modes and anti-modes. We show that increasing the feedback strength causes the laser to exhibit a succession of self-pulsing dynamics at increasing frequencies, illustrated by a migration of limit cycles through successive modes in the phase space. Numerical simulations show good qualitative accordance with the experimental observations and allow to understand the frequency interval in which self-pulsations can be seen.