We propose a delay-differential equation to model dynamical instabilities in a quantum dot laser. We focus on a laser with a small gain section and a long empty section. A long cavity reduces the strong damping of the relaxation oscillation frequency. It leads to the appearance of dropouts at the delay period, which evolve to chaos.

© 2007 Optical Society of America

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Citation lists with outbound citation links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an OSA member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Log in to access OSA Member Subscription

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an OSA member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Log in to access OSA Member Subscription

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Figure files are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an OSA member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Log in to access OSA Member Subscription

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Article level metrics are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an OSA member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Log in to access OSA Member Subscription

Related Journal Articles

• Experimental synchronization of chaotic oscillations in external-cavity semiconductor lasers (OL)
• Experimental demonstration of suppression of low-frequency fluctuations and stabilization of an external-cavity laser diode (OL)
• Low-frequency fluctuation induced by injection-current modulation in semiconductor lasers with optical feedback (OL)
• Experimental control of a chaotic semiconductor laser (OL)
• Suppression of low-frequency fluctuations and stabilization of a semiconductor laser subjected to optical feedback from a double cavity: theoretical results (OL)

Related Conference Papers

• Modes of Mutually Delay-Coupled Semiconductor Lasers: Dependence on the Pump Current
• High-bit-rate chaotic communications with synchronized semiconductor lasers
• Chaos control and synchronization in diode lasers
• Fast physical random number generation with bandwidth enhancement of chaotic semiconductor lasers
• Post-processing method for fast random number generation with chaotic semiconductor lasers