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Phase-locked semiconductor laser arrays are of great technological interest as sources of high output power in a well-collimated beam. In this talk we discuss the dynamic stability of these arrays, the mechanism of synchronization, the formation of spatial patterns, and the onset of spatio-temporal chaos. It is shown that laser arrays can be accurately modeled by a set of coupled van der Pol type oscillators. The nonlinearity responsible for both synchronization and instability is the carrier density dependent refractive index. Some experimental results will be presented.
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Winful, H.G. (1991). Self-Organization and Spatio-Temporal Chaos in Phase-Locked Semiconductor Laser Arrays. In: Garmire, E., Maradudin, A.A., Rebane, K.K. (eds) Laser Optics of Condensed Matter. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3726-7_16
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