Accumulation horizons and period-adding in optically injected semiconductor lasers
Optics
2009-11-13 v1 Computational Physics
Abstract
We study the hierarchical structuring of islands of stable periodic oscillations inside chaotic regions in phase diagrams of single-mode semiconductor lasers with optical injection. Phase diagrams display remarkable {\it accumulation horizons}: boundaries formed by the accumulation of infinite cascades of self-similar islands of periodic solutions of ever-increasing period. Each cascade follows a specific period-adding route. The riddling of chaotic laser phases by such networks of periodic solutions may compromise applications operating with chaotic signals such as e.g. secure communications.
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@article{arxiv.0705.2458,
title = {Accumulation horizons and period-adding in optically injected semiconductor lasers},
author = {Cristian Bonatto and Jason A. C. Gallas},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.2458},
year = {2009}
}