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Neuromorphic dynamics with optically injected quantum dot lasers

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Optically injected quantum dot lasers display many unique nonlinear phenomena and are in particular, excellent testbeds for different forms of excitability. We analyse the recent discovery of Type II excitability in such devices. An optothermal instability leads to the phenomenon and while an underlying Hopf bifurcation is ultimately responsible for the observation, intriguingly there are two potential routes: One via a subcritical bifurcation and an associated bistable region and the other via a supercritical bifurcation and an associated canard explosion.

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  1. Department of Physics, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

    Michael Dillane, Matthew Peters & Bryan Kelleher

  2. Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork, Lee Maltings, Dyke Parade, Cork, Ireland

    Michael Dillane & Bryan Kelleher

  3. Institute of Photonics, SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, TIC Centre, 99 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1RD, UK

    Joshua Robertson & Antonio Hurtado

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Contribution to the Topical Issue “Non-Linear and Complex Dynamics in Semiconductors and Related Materials”, edited by Kathy Lüdge.

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Dillane, M., Robertson, J., Peters, M. et al. Neuromorphic dynamics with optically injected quantum dot lasers. Eur. Phys. J. B 92, 197 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2019-90733-6

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