Abstract
We show that the light transmitted by a nonlinear distributed feedback structure can be steady (time independent), periodic, or chaotic depending on the intensity of the input cw beam. The feasibility of an experimental demonstration of such behavior is discussed.
Keywords
optical equipment, pulsations, variations, feedback, transmission, nonlinear problems, mathematical models, state-state conditions, time dependence, theoretical data, optical bistability
Subject Categories
Nonlinear optics
Disciplines
Semiconductor and Optical Materials
Publication Date
2-15-1982
Rights Information
Copyright 1982
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American Institute of Physics
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Recommended Citation
Winful, Herbert G. and Cooperman, Gene D., "Self-pulsing and chaos in distributed feedback bistable optical devices" (1982). Computer and Information Science Faculty Publications. Paper 13. http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d20000658
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Notes
The following article appeared in Applied Physics Letters 40, 298 (1982) and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.93083.