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We numerically investigate the dynamics of a closed chain of unidirectionally coupled oscillators in a regime of homoclinic chaos. The emerging synchronization regimes show analogies with the experimental behavior of a single chaotic laser…
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We propose a novel method to control the frequency of semiconductor lasers. The new technique allows fabricating three-terminal lasers with fast frequency tuning and the possibility to implement intrinsically the linearization of laser…
The work is devoted to the study of the correlation technique of formation of laser beams under conditions of the interaction of coherent fields spatially periodic in the transverse direction.\,\,It is aimed at the application of this…