Discrete homoclinic orbits in a laser with feedback

Year: 2000

Authors: Pisarchik A.N., Meucci R., Arecchi F.T.

Autors Affiliation: Centro de Investigaciones en Optica, Loma de Bosque N. 115, Lomas del Campestre, 35150, Leon Guanajuanto, Mexico;
Istituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata, Largo E. Fermi 6, 50125 Firenze, Italy;
Department of Physics, University of Firenze, Firenze, Italy

Abstract: We provide experimental evidence of the discrete character of homoclinic chaos in a laser with feedback. We show that the narrow chaotic windows are distributed exponentially as a function of a control parameter. The number of consecutive chaotic regions corresponds to the number of loops around the saddle focus responsible for Shilnikov chaos. The characterization of homoclinic chaos is also done through the return map of the return times at a suitable reference point.

Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Volume: 62 (6)      Pages from: 8823  to: 8825

KeyWords: Damping; Laser optics; Oscillations; Parameter estimation; Phase space methods; Spurious signal noise; Time varying systems, Exponential function; Homoclinic orbits, Chaos theory
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.62.8823

Citations: 42
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