Feigenbaum route and Lyapunov fractal of a semiconductor Laser with external optical feedback

Qin Zou (1, 2, 3) , Kamel Merghem (1, 2, 3) , Shiyuan Zhao (1, 4, 5)

1 IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris
2 TSP - EPH - Département Electronique et Physique
3 TIPIC-SAMOVAR - Traitement de l'Information Pour Images et Communications
4 COMELEC - Département Communications & Electronique
5 GTO - Télécommunications Optiques

We describe the bifurcation route of a semiconductor laser with external optical feedback by use of Lyapunov exponent/fractal. The Feigenbaum «r∞-value» is proposed as the critical value for identifying the limit of the Lang-Kobayashi model.

Mots clés: Semiconductor lasers; External optical feedback; Bifurcations/Chaos; Phase iterates; Lyapunov exponent/fractal

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]

Qin Zou, Kamel Merghem, Shiyuan Zhao. Feigenbaum route and Lyapunov fractal of a semiconductor Laser with external optical feedback. Optique Dijon 2021, La Société Française d'Optique, Jul 2021, Dijon, France. ⟨hal-03280518⟩