Uncovering recent progress in nanostructured light-emitters for information and communication technologies

F Grillot, J Duan, B Dong, H Huang - Light: Science & Applications, 2021 - nature.com
Semiconductor nanostructures with low dimensionality like quantum dots and quantum
dashes are one of the best attractive and heuristic solutions for achieving high performance …

Mid-infrared hyperchaos of interband cascade lasers

Y Deng, ZF Fan, BB Zhao, XG Wang, S Zhao… - Light: Science & …, 2022 - nature.com
Chaos in nonlinear dynamical systems is featured with irregular appearance and with high
sensitivity to initial conditions. Near-infrared light chaos based on semiconductor lasers has …

Broadband cognitive radio enabled by photonics

D Zhu, S Pan - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cognitive radio is considered as a possible disruptive force to improve the spectral resource
efficiency through sensing and interacting with the environment. Traditional electrical …

Frequency-modulated microwave generation with feedback stabilization using an optically injected semiconductor laser

JP Zhuang, XZ Li, SS Li, SC Chan - Optics Letters, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Generation of frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) microwave signals is
investigated using the period-one (P1) dynamics of a semiconductor laser. A modulated …

Nonlinear dynamics of a quantum cascade laser with tilted optical feedback

XG Wang, BB Zhao, Y Deng, V Kovanis, C Wang - Physical Review A, 2021 - APS
Interband semiconductor lasers subject to optical feedback usually produce rich nonlinear
dynamics. However, it is hard to destabilize quantum cascade lasers using common optical …

Optical injection dynamics of frequency combs

Y Doumbia, T Malica, D Wolfersberger, K Panajotov… - Optics Letters, 2020 - opg.optica.org
We analyze the nonlinear dynamics of a semiconductor laser with optical injection from a
frequency comb. When varying both the injection parameters (detuning and injection ratio) …

Numerical study of ultrashort-optical-feedback-enhanced photonic microwave generation using optically injected semiconductor lasers at period-one nonlinear …

KH Lo, SK Hwang, S Donati - Optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
This study numerically investigates the enhancement of photonic microwave generation
using an optically injected semiconductor laser operating at period-one (P1) nonlinear …

Nonlinear dynamics of an interband cascade laser with optical injection

KL Lin, PL Wang, YB Peng, Y Deng, C Wang - Optics Express, 2024 - opg.optica.org
This work reports the nonlinear dynamics of a mid-infrared interband cascade laser (ICL)
subject to optical injection. It is shown that the stable locking regime is asymmetric and …

Optical ReLU-like activation function based on a semiconductor laser with optical injection

GT Liu, YW Shen, RQ Li, J Yu, X He, C Wang - Optics Letters, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Artificial neural networks usually consist of successive linear multiply–accumulate
operations and nonlinear activation functions. However, most optical neural networks only …

Optical noise characteristics of injection-locked epitaxial quantum dot lasers on silicon

Q Chu, S Zhao, J Wang, Y Sun, Y Yao, X Xu, F Grillot… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
This work theoretically investigates the relative intensity noise (RIN) and spectral linewidth
characteristics of epitaxial quantum dot (QD) lasers on silicon subject to optical injection …