Open AccessNonlinear dynamics of a laser diode with an injection of an optical frequency comb
Author(s) -
Yaya Doumbia,
Tushar Malica,
Delphine Wolfersberger,
Krassimir Panajotov,
Marc Sciamanna
Publication year - 2020
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.402120
Subject(s) - injection locking , optics , frequency comb , laser , semiconductor laser theory , materials science , dynamics (music) , amplitude , nonlinear optics , nonlinear system , mode locking , physics , quantum mechanics , acoustics
We experimentally and theoretically demonstrate the variety of the nonlinear dynamics exhibited by a single frequency semiconductor laser subjected to optical injection from a frequency comb. The injection parameters (the detuning and the injection strength) and the comb properties (comb spacing and the amplitude of the injected comb lines) are varied to unveil several dynamics such as injection locking, wave-mixing, chaotic dynamics, and unlocked time-periodic dynamics corresponding to new comb solutions. The asymmetry of the injected comb is shown to modify the size of the injection locking region in the parameter space, as well as the common properties between the new comb solutions observed and the injected comb.