Abstract

We investigate experimentally a novel optoelectronic oscillator based on a self-sustained oscillator that converts continuous light into stable and spectrally pure microwave in the intermediate frequency range. This optoelectronic oscillator is realized by replacing all of the electronic path of the optoelectronic encounter in the literature by self-sustained oscillators type of Van der Pol oscillator. A novel result is the presence of the "breathers" oscillations and the mixed-modes oscillations in the dynamics characterized by the laser injection current from the point of view of nonlinear dynamics, that is the "breathers inside the pulses packages ". This experimental result is obtained with or without delay line in the loop and the presence of delay induces chaos.

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