High frequency dynamics in quantum cascade lasers : a roadmap to free-space communications in the mid-infrared

O Spitz (1, 2, 3, 4) , A Herdt (5) , G. Maisons (1) , M. Carras (1) , W Elsässer (5) , F. Grillot (6, 2, 3, 4)

1 MirSense
2 GTO - Télécommunications Optiques
3 COMELEC - Département Communications & Electronique
4 IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris
5 TU Darmstadt - Technische Universität Darmstadt - Technical University of Darmstadt
6 The University of New Mexico [Albuquerque]

Quantum cascade lasers, which can emit deterministic chaotic patterns, are found to exhibit improved chaos properties when using optical injection instead of feedback. These findings pave a way for high-speed secure communications in the mid-infrared

Domaines: Optique / photonique

O Spitz, A Herdt, G. Maisons, M. Carras, W Elsässer, et al.. High frequency dynamics in quantum cascade lasers : a roadmap to free-space communications in the mid-infrared. OSA Laser Congress, Oct 2019, Vienne, Austria. ⟨hal-02342893⟩