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Chaos from a free-running broad-area VCSEL

Optics 2025-01-28 v2

Abstract

We experimentally report on the detection of chaos from a free-running commercial broad-area VCSEL without the need for external perturbation such as optical feedback, injection or current modulation. The evolution of nonlinear dynamics leading to chaotic behavior is studied, and the system's complexity is characterized using chaos titration and correlation dimension. We link the occurence of chaos with the complex interplay between the spatial laser modes competition and polarization dynamics.

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@article{arxiv.2410.20122,
  title  = {Chaos from a free-running broad-area VCSEL},
  author = {Jules Mercadier and Stefan Bittner and Damien Rontani and Marc Sciamanna},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.20122},
  year   = {2025}
}

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5 pages, 4 figures

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