Using chaos for remote sensing of laser radiation
Author(s) -
Weng W. Chow,
Sebastian Wieczorek
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.17.007491
Subject(s) - laser , optics , radiation , physics , signal (programming language) , noise (video) , computer science , artificial intelligence , image (mathematics) , programming language
An idea is proposed for detecting a weak laser signal from a remote source in the presence of strong background noise. The scheme exploits dynamical nonlinearities arising from heterodyning signal and reference fields inside an active reference laser cavity. This paper shows that for certain reference laser configurations, the resulting bifurcations in the reference laser may be used as warning of irradiation by a laser source.
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