Summary

Proceedings of the 2012 International Symposium on Nonlinear Theory and its Applications

2012

Session Number:A3L-D

Session:

Number:199

Bifurcations in a Two-Mode Semiconductor Laser with Optical Injection

Nicholas Blackbeard,  Simon Osborne,  Stephen O'Brien,  Andreas Amann,  

pp.199-202

Publication Date:

Online ISSN:2188-5079

DOI:10.15248/proc.1.199

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We explore an unusual bursting mechanism in a two-mode semiconductor laser with single-mode optical injection. By changing the injection strength and frequency detuning (between the injected mode and the injected light) we find a striking transition from purely single-mode intensity oscillations to sudden bursting in the intensity of the second mode. This phenomenon is organised by a pair of codimension-two bifurcations which are formed by interactions between saddle-node and pitchfork (of limit cycles) bifurcations.

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