Abstract

The combining investigation on the time-delay signature (TDS) and chaos bandwidth have been theoretically investigated in a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) system with dual-path chaotic optical injections. In this scheme, the polarized chaos with the TDS from an external-cavity master VCSEL is routed into two different paths and then unidirectionally injected into another solitary slave VCSEL. With the aid of the autocorrelation function and the effective bandwidth calculation, the TDS and bandwidth of polarized chaos from the chaotic system are quantitatively evaluated. The results show that, in such a dual-path chaotic optical-injection system, the high-quality polarized chaos with the successful TDS suppression and chaotic bandwidth enhancement can be achieved in wider parameter regions in contrast with the case for the single-path chaotic optical injection. Further research also finds that the injected time-delay difference between two injection paths is desired to mismatch the feedback time delay, which is conducive to suppressing TDS and expanding bandwidth of polarized chaos. Besides, the better chaotic quality with low TDS and wide bandwidth can be expected by choosing the appropriate injection strengths of two injection paths.

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