Semiconductor Lasers

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

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2. Introduction

   • Junji Ohtsubo

   Pages 1-11

3. Chaos in Laser Systems

   • Junji Ohtsubo

   Pages 13-28

4. Semiconductor Lasers and Theory

   • Junji Ohtsubo

   Pages 29-73

5. Theory of Optical Feedback in Semiconductor Lasers

   • Junji Ohtsubo

   Pages 75-101

6. Dynamics of Semiconductor Lasers with Optical Feedback

   • Junji Ohtsubo

   Pages 103-168

7. Dynamics in Semiconductor Lasers with Optical Injection

   • Junji Ohtsubo

   Pages 169-204

8. Dynamics of Semiconductor Lasers with Optoelectronic Feedback and Modulation

   • Junji Ohtsubo

   Pages 205-238

9. Instability and Chaos in Various Laser Structures

   • Junji Ohtsubo

   Pages 239-327

10. Chaos Control and Applications

    • Junji Ohtsubo

    Pages 329-351

11. Stabilization of Semiconductor Lasers

    • Junji Ohtsubo

    Pages 353-384

12. Metrology Based on Chaotic Semiconductor Lasers

    • Junji Ohtsubo

    Pages 385-413

13. Chaos Synchronization in Semiconductor Lasers

    • Junji Ohtsubo

    Pages 415-461

14. Chaotic Communications in Semiconductor Lasers

    • Junji Ohtsubo

    Pages 463-507

15. Physical Random Number Generations and Photonic Integrated Circuits for Chaotic Generators

    • Junji Ohtsubo

    Pages 509-535

16. Back Matter

    Pages 537-570

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This third edition of “Semiconductor Lasers, Stability, Instability and Chaos” was significantly extended.  In the previous edition, the dynamics and characteristics of chaos in semiconductor lasers after the introduction of the fundamental theory of laser chaos and chaotic dynamics induced by self-optical feedback and optical injection was discussed. Semiconductor lasers with new device structures, such as vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers and broad-area semiconductor lasers, are interesting devices from the viewpoint of chaotic dynamics since they essentially involve chaotic dynamics even in their free-running oscillations. These topics are also treated with respect to the new developments in the current edition. Also the control of such instabilities and chaos control are critical issues for applications. Another interesting and important issue of semiconductor laser chaos in this third edition is chaos synchronization between two lasers and the application to optical secure communication. One of the new topics in this edition is fast physical number generation using chaotic semiconductor lasers for secure communication and development of chaos chips and their application. As other new important topics, the recent advance of new semiconductor laser structures is presented, such as quantum-dot semiconductor lasers, quantum-cascade semiconductor lasers, vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers and physical random number generation with application to quantum key distribution. Stabilities, instabilities, and control of quantum-dot semiconductor lasers and quantum-cascade lasers are important topics in this field.

• laser controls
• nonlinear dynamics and chaos
• optical secure communications
• quantum cascade lasers
• quantum-dot semiconductor lasers
• semiconductor lasers
• stability and instability of lasers
• vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

From the reviews of the third edition:

“This is a comprehensive state-of-the-art book covering general mathematical and physical aspects of processes relevant to optical semiconductor lasers with applications focused on laser metrology, chaotic communications including cryptography, and chaotic random number generation. … Each of the chapters is followed by an extensive list of references ranging from basic historical ones to the most up-to-date sources. … the book tells about its importance concerning both the professional researchers and graduate students in the field of semiconductor lasers.” (Vladimir Čadež, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1257, 2013)

• Faculty of Engineering, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Shizuika, Japan

  Junji Ohtsubo

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