Excitability in optical systems close to Z2-symmetry

dc.contributor.author	Beri, S.
dc.contributor.author	mashal, L.
dc.contributor.author	Gelens, L.
dc.contributor.author	Van der Sande, G.
dc.contributor.author	Verschaffelt, G.
dc.contributor.author	Danckaert, J.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-10-09T14:07:32Z
dc.date.available	2019-10-09T14:07:32Z
dc.date.issued	2010-01-18
dc.identifier.citation	47	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.hebron.edu:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/226
dc.description.abstract	We report theoretically and experimentally on excitability in semiconductor ring lasers in order to reveal a mechanism of excitability, general for systems close to Z 2-symmetry. The global shapes of the invariant manifolds of a saddle in the vicinity of a homoclinic loop determine the origin of excitability and the features of the excitable pulses. We show how to experimentally make a semiconductor ring laser excitable by breaking the Z 2-symmetry in a controlled way. The experiments confirm the theoretical predictions.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	North-Holland	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	374;
dc.subject	semiconductor ring lasers, optical feedback, excitability	en_US
dc.title	Excitability in optical systems close to Z2-symmetry	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US