Three-frequency Chaos in an External Cavity Injection Laser
- 1 July 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Modern Optics
- Vol. 38 (7), 1243-1249
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09500349114551411
Abstract
We report fixed-frequency interactions in a modulated delay system. In particular, we have observed frequency locking, quasiperiodicity and the progression to a chaotic state by the collapse of a three-frequency quasiperiodic attractor, characteristic of the Ruelle-Takens-Newhouse scenario, in a modulated two-sided external cavity injection laser. While the temporal and spectral characteristics of the laser emission suggest that the laser has progressed to a chaotic state, dimensionality testing of the laser output is inconclusive.Keywords
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