Multipulse excitability in a semiconductor laser with optical injection.
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چکیده
An optically injected semiconductor laser can produce excitable multipulses. Homoclinic bifurcation curves confine experimentally accessible regions in parameter space where the laser emits a certain number of pulses after being triggered from its steady state by a single perturbation. This phenomenon is organized by a generic codimension-two homoclinic bifurcation and should also be observable in other systems.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 88 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002