- Physical Review Journals
All JournalsPhysics Magazine
Access Provided by Xinjiang University

Physical Review E

Export citation

Export citation

Choose format for download:

Download Citation
  • Access by Xinjiang University

Zero-lag synchronization and bubbling in delay-coupled lasers

J. Tiana-Alsina1, K. Hicke2, X. Porte2, M. C. Soriano2, M. C. Torrent1, J. Garcia-Ojalvo1, and I. Fischer2

  • 1Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Campus de Terrassa, Edif. GAIA, Rambla de Sant Nebridi s/n, Terrassa E-08222 Barcelona, Spain
  • 2Instituto de Física Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos, IFISC (UIB-CSIC), Campus Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain

PDF

Phys. Rev. E 85, 026209 – Published 21 February, 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.85.026209

Abstract

We show experimentally that two semiconductor lasers mutually coupled via a passive relay fiber loop exhibit chaos synchronization at zero lag, and study how this synchronized regime is lost as the lasers’ pump currents are increased. We characterize the synchronization properties of the system with high temporal resolution in two different chaotic regimes, namely, low-frequency fluctuations and coherence collapse, identifying significant differences between them. In particular, a marked decrease in synchronization quality develops as the lasers enter the coherence collapse regime. Our high-resolution measurements allow us to establish that synchronization loss is associated with bubbling events, the frequency of which increases with increasing pump current.

View figure in article

Article Text

References (39)

  1. A. S. Pikovsky, M. G. Rosenblum, and J. Kurths, Synchronization, A Universal Concept in Nonlinear Sciences (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2001)
  2. S. Boccaletti, J. Kurths, G. Osipov, D. L. Valladares, and C. S. Zhou, Phys. Rep. 366, 1 (2002).
  3. T. Heil, I. Fischer, W. Elsäßer, J. Mulet, and C. R. Mirasso, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 795 (2001).
  4. E. Klein, N. Gross, M. Rosenbluh, W. Kinzel, L. Khaykovich, and I. Kanter, Phys. Rev. E 73, 066214 (2006).
  5. B. B. Zhou and R. Roy, Phys. Rev. E 75, 026205 (2007).
  6. I. Fischer, R. Vicente, J. M. Buldú, M. Peil, C. R. Mirasso, M. C. Torrent, and J. García-Ojalvo, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 123902 (2006).
  7. A. S. Landsman and I. B. Schwartz, Phys. Rev. E 75, 026201 (2007).
  8. R. Vicente, C. R. Mirasso, and I. Fischer, Opt. Lett. 32, 403 (2007).
  9. M. Peil, L. Larger, and I. Fischer, Phys. Rev. E 76, 045201(R) (2007).
  10. C. M. Gonzalez, M. C. Torrent, and J. Garcia-Ojalvo, Chaos 17, 033122 (2007).
  11. O. D’Huys, R. Vicente, T. Erneux, J. Danckaert, and I. Fischer, Chaos 18, 037116 (2008).
  12. N. Jiang, W. Pan, B. Luo, L. Yan, S. Xiang, L. Yang, D. Zheng, and N. Li, Phys. Rev. E 81, 066217 (2010).
  13. K. Hicke, O. D’Huys, V. Flunkert, E. Schöll, J. Danckaert, and I. Fischer, Phys. Rev. E 83, 056211 (2011).
  14. J. Tiana-Alsina, J. H. Garcia-Lopez, M. C. Torrent, and J. Garcia-Ojalvo, Chaos 21, 043102 (2011).
  15. T. Pérez, G. C. Garcia, V. M. Eguíluz, R. Vicente, G. Pipa, and C. Mirasso, PLoS ONE 6, e19900 (2011).
  16. G. D. VanWiggeren and R. Roy, Science 279, 1198 (1998).
  17. A. Sanchez-Diaz, C. R. Mirasso, P. Colet, and P. Gracia-Fernandez, IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 35, 292 (1999).
  18. A. Argyris, D. Syvridis, L. Larger, V. Annovazzi-Lodi, P. Colet, I. Fischer, J. García-Ojalvo, C. R. Mirasso, L. Pesquera, and K. A. Shore, Nature (London) 438, 343 (2005).
  19. M. C. Soriano, P. Colet, and C. R. Mirasso, IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 21, 426 (2009).
  20. E. Ott and J. C. Sommerer, Phys. Lett. A 188, 39 (1994).
  21. P. Ashwin, J. Buescu, and I. Stewart, Phys. Lett. A 193, 126 (1994).
  22. S. C. Venkataramani, B. R. Hunt, and E. Ott, Phys. Rev. E 54, 1346 (1996).
  23. M. Sauer and F. Kaiser, Phys. Lett. A 243, 38 (1998).
  24. C. M. González, C. Masoller, M. C. Torrent, and J. García-Ojalvo, Europhys. Lett. 79, 64003 (2007).
  25. V. Flunkert, O. D’Huys, J. Danckaert, I. Fischer, and E. Schöll, Phys. Rev. E 79, 065201(R) (2009).
  26. N. Platt, E. A. Spiegel, and C. Tresser, Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 279 (1993).
  27. J. F. Heagy, N. Platt, and S. M. Hammel, Phys. Rev. E 49, 1140 (1994).
  28. Y. Nagai and Y. C. Lai, Phys. Rev. E 56, 4031 (1997).
  29. O. D’Huys, R. Vicente, J. Danckaert, and I. Fischer, Chaos 20, 043127 (2010).
  30. J. R. Terry, K. S. Thornburg, D. J. DeShazer, G. D. Vanwiggeren, S. Zhu, P. Ashwin, and R. Roy, Phys. Rev. E 59, 4036 (1999).
  31. D. J. Gauthier and J. C. Bienfang, Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 1751 (1996).
  32. A. N. Pisarchik, R. Jaimes-Rategui, and J. H. Garcia, Philos. Trans. R. Soc. A 366, 459 (2008).
  33. B. Lading, E. Mosekilde, S. Yanchuk, and Y. Maistrenko, Prog. Theor. Phys. Suppl. 139, 164 (2000).
  34. R. Lang and K. Kobayashi, IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 16, 347 (1980).
  35. J. Mulet, C. R. Mirasso, T. Heil, and I. Fischer, J. Opt. B 6, 97 (2004).
  36. O. D’Huys, I. Fischer, J. Danckaert, and R. Vicente, Phys. Rev. E 83, 046223 (2011).
  37. T. Heil, I. Fischer, and W. Elsäßer, Phys. Rev. A 58, 2672 (1998).
  38. I. Fischer, G. H. M. van Tartwijk, A. M. Levine, W. Elsäßer, E. O. Göbel, and D. Lenstra, Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 220 (1996).
  39. T. Sano, Phys. Rev. A 50, 2719 (1994).

Outline

Information

Phys. Rev. E 85, 026209– Published 21 February, 2012
  • Received 4 October 2011

©2012 American Physical Society

Sign In to Your Journals Account

Filter

Filter

Article Lookup

Enter a citation