Simulation of Monolithically Integrated Semiconductor Laser Subject to Random Feedback and Mutual Injection

Abstract

Aiming at the problems of limited bandwidth and periodicity of chaotic laser, a monolithically integrated chaotic semiconductor laser subject to random feedback and mutual injection is proposed. The chaotic laser consists of two distributed feedback laser diodes (DFB-LD), two semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA) and a passive optical waveguide. Optical injection of two coupled DFB-LDs achieves chaotic signal shaping and bandwidth enhancement. Random grating along the passive waveguide provides stochastic feedback to suppress the time delay signature (TDS). A theoretical model is established based on the Lang-Kobayashi model to explore the dynamics of the proposed chaotic laser. A chaotic signal with TDS of 0.06 and bandwidth of 13.12 GHz is obtained by simulation. Furthermore, the effects of parameters including feedback ratio, mutual injection ratio, and detuning frequency on the TDS and bandwidth of chaotic signal are investigated. The results show that the broadband chaotic laser signal with TDS suppression can be obtained by controlling parameters reasonably.