Synchronisation and chaos in a laser diode driven by a resonant tunnelling diode

The authors report on a hybrid integration of a resonant tunnelling diode laser diode driver configuration that can operate as a self-oscillating circuit, and when externally perturbed shows regions of frequency division and frequency multiplication, quasi-periodic and chaotic oscillations, both in...

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Main Authors: Romeira, B., Figueiredo, J., Slight, T., Wang, L., Wasige, E., Ironside, Charlie, Quintana, J., Avedillo, M.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33736
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Summary:The authors report on a hybrid integration of a resonant tunnelling diode laser diode driver configuration that can operate as a self-oscillating circuit, and when externally perturbed shows regions of frequency division and frequency multiplication, quasi-periodic and chaotic oscillations, both in the optical and electrical outputs. The authors also demonstrate that this optoelectronic circuit is well described as a Liénard's oscillator. The synchronisation capabilities of the circuit have potentially novel functions for optical communications systems including clock recovery, clock division and data encryption. © 2008 The Institution of Engineering and Technology.