Injection-locking chaos synchronization and communication in closed-loop semiconductor lasers subject to phase-conjugate feedback

• Published in: Optics express Vol. 28; no. 7; p. 9477
• Main Authors: Jiang, Ning, Zhao, Anke, Liu, Shiqin, Zhang, Yiqun, Peng, Jiafa, Qiu, Kun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 30.03.2020
• ISSN: 1094-4087; 1094-4087
• DOI: 10.1364/OE.389028

The properties of injection-locking chaos synchronization and communication in closed-loop external-cavity semiconductor lasers (ECSL) subject to phase-conjugate feedback (PCF) are investigated systematically. We theoretically analyze the general conditions for the injection-locking, and numerically investigate the properties of injection-locking chaos synchronization in the phase and intensity domains, the influences of frequency detuning and intrinsic parameter mismatch on the injection-locking chaos synchronization, as well as the performance of injection-locking chaos synchronization-based communication in closed-loop PCF-ECSL systems. The numerical results demonstrate that with respect to the conventional optical feedback (COF) scenario, the injection-locking chaos synchronization in a PCF-ECSLs configuration shows a significantly wider high-quality synchronization region and excellent feasibility, and the performance of chaos communication can also be enhanced.