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Nanosecond-scale discrete wavelength switching in feedback-controlled single-gain-section multi-wavelength lasers
Mathieu Ladouce, Pablo Marin-Palomo, Martin Virte
We investigate discrete wavelength switching in single-gain-section multi-wavelength lasers monolithically integrated on InP with phase-controlled optical-feedback. By modulating t…
Polarization Dynamics in VCSELs Under Sinusoidal Signal Modulation around the Polarization Switching point
Salah Guessoum, Tushar Malica, Athanasios Kyriazis +3
Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) combine compact geometry, low threshold current, and ease of integration, making them central to modern photonic systems. However,…
Theoretical analysis of optical feedback-controlled emission of dual-wavelength lasers
Mathieu Ladouce, Pablo Marin-Palomo, Martin Virte
Dual and multi-wavelength lasers, i.e., lasers with the ability to emit at two or more wavelengths in a controlled fashion, represent an exciting new twist in laser physics. Harnes…
Agile and Broadband All-Optical Wavelength Conversion with Multi-Wavelength Lasers
Pablo Marin-Palomo, Shahab Abdollahi, Mathieu Ladouce +1
We demonstrate a novel approach to all-optical wavelength conversion (AOWC) using a monolithically integrated InP multi-wavelength laser (MWL). By exploiting carrier-induced gain m…
Agile laser wavelength tuning using dynamic targeting
Robbe de Mey, Spencer W. Jolly, Alexandre Locquet +1
Tunable lasers are essential and versatile tools in photonics, with applications spanning telecommunications, spectroscopy, and sensing. Advancements have aimed to expand tuning ra…
Wavelength tuning of VCSELs via controlled strain
Salah Guessoum, Athanasios Kyriazis, Tushar Malica +3
Besides major advantages for telecommunication applications, VCSELs have attracted interest for their potential for neuro-inspired computing, frequency comb generation or high-freq…
Response of a multi-wavelength laser to single-sideband optical injection
Shahab Abdollahi, Pablo Marin-Palomo, Martin Virte
Single-mode semiconductor lasers subject to optical injection have been shown to trigger a wide range of dynamical behavior from injection locking to chaos. Multi-wavelength lasers…
Influence of Feedback Phase on Time Delay Signature and Chaos Bandwidth in a Laser subject to Dual Optical Feedback
Robbe de Mey, Spencer W. Jolly, Martin Virte
Semiconductor lasers subject to optical feedback can behave chaotically, which can be used as a source of randomness. The optical feedback, provided by mirrors at a distance, deter…
Impact of feedback time-distribution on laser dynamics
Martin Skenderas, Spencer W. Jolly, Martin Virte
Time-distributed optical feedback in semiconductor lasers has gained attention for its ability to produce high-quality chaos and effectively suppress the time-delay signature. Howe…
Clarifying the impact of dual optical feedback on semiconductor lasers through analysis of the effective feedback phase
Robbe de Mey, Spencer W. Jolly, Martin Virte
Time-delayed optical feedback is known to trigger a wide variety of complex dynamical behavior in semiconductor lasers. Adding a second optical feedback loop is naturally expected…
Performance and control strategy of an integrated tunable laser with a single intra-cavity AMZI filter
Martin Skënderas, Pablo Marin-Palomo, Spencer W. Jolly +1
Asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometers (AMZIs) can, in principle, enable continuous wavelength tuning of a laser when used as an intra-cavity filter. Their simplicity and good com…
Chaotic time-delay signature suppression in lasers using phase-controlled dual optical feedback
Robbe de Mey, Spencer W. Jolly, Alexandre Locquet +1
We experimentally study a semiconductor laser subject to two optical feedbacks in a free space setup. We show that the time delay signature, manifesting itself in the chaotic outpu…
Control of dual-wavelength laser emission via optical feedback phase tuning
Robert Pawlus, Stefan Breuer, Martin Virte
We propose and demonstrate a technique to control the balance between the two amplitudes of a dual-wavelength laser based on a phase-controlled optical feedback. The feedback cavit…
Mode-coupling effects in an optically-injected dual-wavelength laser
Shahab Abdollahi, Pablo Marin-Palomo, Martin Virte
Lasers designed to emit at multiple and controllable modes, or multi-wavelength lasers, have the potential to become key building blocks for future microwave photonic technologies.…
Impact of FBG feedback phase on laser dynamics
Martin Skënderas, Spencer W. Jolly, Nitish Gupta +2
Fiber Bragg Gratings have been advantageously used to improve the chaotic properties of semiconductor lasers. Though these components are known to be highly sensitive to environmen…
Chaotic time-delay signature suppression using quantum noise
Yanqiang Guo, Xin Fang, Haojie Zhang +3
Time-delay signature (TDS) suppression of semiconductor lasers with external optical feedback is necessary to ensure the security of chaos-based secure communications. Here we nume…
Dual-wavelength lasers on generic foundry platform
Robert Pawlus, Robbe de Mey, Stefan Breuer +1
We propose and implement four simple and compact dual-wavelength laser concepts integrated in a Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) based on a InP generic foundry platform. In a firs…
Evaluating entropy rate of laser chaos and shot noise
Xiaomin Guo, Tong Liu, Lijing Wang +4
Evaluating entropy rate of high-dimensional chaos and shot noise from analog raw signals remains elusive and important in information security. We experimentally present an accurat…
Chaos-preserving reduction of the spin-flip model for VCSELs: failure of the adiabatic elimination of the spin-population difference
Martin Virte, Francesco Ferranti
When studying the dynamics of Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers, and their polarization properties, the spin-flip model appears to be the simplest model qualitatively reprodu…
Noise induced stabilization of chaotic free-running laser diode
Martin Virte
In this paper, we investigate theoretically the stabilization of a free-running vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser exhibiting polarization chaos dynamics. We report the existen…
Deterministic polarization chaos from a laser diode
Martin Virte, Krassimir Panajotov, Hugo Thienpont +1
Fifty years after the invention of the laser diode and fourty years after the report of the butterfly effect - i.e. the unpredictability of deterministic chaos, it is said that a l…
Physical random bit generation from chaotic solitary laser diode
Martin Virte, Emeric Mercier, Hugo Thienpont +2
We demonstrate the physical generation of random bits at high bit rates (> 100 Gb/s) using optical chaos from a solitary laser diode and therefore without the complex addition of e…