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Conversion between anticipating and lag chaos synchronization induced by different bias current levels in mutually delay-coupled semiconductor lasers

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Based on a mutually delay-coupled semiconductor lasers (SLs) system, through adjusting the bias current of a SL and fixing that of the other one, the conversion between anticipating and lag chaos synchronization of this system has been experimentally observed for the first time. Experimental results show that for two SLs with the similar operation parameters, the SL biased at a relatively higher current level plays a leader role due to its relatively higher output power. Considering that the SL with a higher bias current level will oscillate at a longer wavelength, the SL with a longer wavelength becomes the leader, which provides a synchronization conversion scheme via by purely electronic current drive. Furthermore, the corresponding theoretical analyses have been given, and show that whether the SL with a longer or shorter wavelength becomes the leader mainly depends on the approach of the driving of frequency detuning between the two SLs.

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  1. School of Physics, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China

    J.-T. Shen, J.-G. Wu, G.-Q. Xia, L. Ding, N.-Y. Li & Z.-M. Wu

  2. School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China

    C.-R. Fan

  3. Key Lab of Fiber Sensing and Communications, Ministry of National Education, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China

    G.-Q. Xia

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Shen, JT., Fan, CR., Wu, JG. et al. Conversion between anticipating and lag chaos synchronization induced by different bias current levels in mutually delay-coupled semiconductor lasers. Appl. Phys. B 103, 941–945 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-010-4347-5

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