Multi-target real-time ranging with chaotic laser radar

We demonstrate the feasibility of multi-target real-time ranging with a chaotic laser radar. The used chaotic laser is emitted by a semiconductor laser with optical feedback. We design a proof-of-concept experiment based on the correlation detection and realize the range measurements of two targets simultaneously. The range resolution of 9 cm between two targets is achieved, which is limited by the bandwidth of the used real-time oscilloscope. A preliminary experiment of chaotic laser coherence is carried out to verify the high resolution of the chaotic lidar.

A Laser Ranging System Using Chaotic Light

A novel laser ranging system using chaotic laser as probe light source is designed and presented.The system is made up of five components:chaotic light source,transmitter,receiver,data acquisition unit and data processing unit.Chaotic light is generated by an 808 nm,500 mW,single-mode laser diode with optical feedback cavity.Single target detection and multi-target detection are experimentally realized by correlating the chaotic reference light and the reflected or backscattered probe light.The performances,including the resolution of 18 cm within at least 130 m range and the sensitivity of-20 dB,are achieved and analyzed.

Chaos generation by a hybrid integrated chaotic semiconductor laser

We design a hybrid integrated chaotic semiconductor laser with short-cavity optical feedback.It can be assembled in a commercial butterfly shell with just three micro-lenses.One of them is coated by a transflective film to provide the optical feedback for chaos generation while insuring regular laser transmission.We prove the feasibility of the chaos generation in this compact structure and provide critical external parameters for the fabrication by theoretical simulations.Rather than the usual changeless internal parameters used in previous simulation research,we extract the real parameters of the chip by experiment.Moreover,the maps of the largest Lyapunov exponent with varying bias current and feedback intensity Kap demonstrate the dynamic characteristics under different external-cavity conditions.Each laser chip has its own optimal external cavity length(L)and feedback intensity(Kap)to generate chaos because of the different internal parameters.We have acquired two ranges of optimal parameters(L=4 mm,0.12〈Kap〈0.2 and L=5 mm,0.07〈Kap〈0.12)for two different chips.

Dynamics of erbium-doped fibre laser with optical delay feedback and chaotic synchronization

The dynamical behaviour of the erbium-doped fibre single-ring laser with an optical delay feedback is discussed. Simulation shows that as the delay rate increases, the lasing light displays period-doubling which leads to chaos and via reverse period-doubling route returns from chaos to periodic. At a particular delay rate the intermittently chaotic route to chaos is also observed. The identical synchronization based on chaos in this ring laser is demonstrated by numerical simulation.

Dynamical analysis,circuit realization,and application in pseudorandom number generators of a fractional-order laser chaotic system

A new five-dimensional fractional-order laser chaotic system(FOLCS)is constructed by incorporating complex variables and fractional calculus into a Lorentz-Haken-type laser system.Dynamical behavior of the system,circuit realization and application in pseudorandom number generators are studied.Many types of multi-stable states are discovered in the system.Interestingly,there are two types of state transition phenomena in the system,one is the chaotic state degenerates to a periodical state,and the other is the intermittent chaotic oscillation.In addition,the complexity of the system when two parameters change simultaneously is measured by the spectral entropy algorithm.Moreover,a digital circuit is design and the chaotic oscillation behaviors of the system are verified on this circuit.Finally,a pseudo-random sequence generator is designed using the FOLCS,and the statistical characteristics of the generated pseudo-random sequence are tested with the NIST-800-22.This study enriches the research on the dynamics and applications of FOLCS.

Corrigendum to “The transition from conservative to dissipative flows in class-B laser model with fold-Hopf bifurcation andcoexisting attractors”

Recently, we received a letter from Prof. G. L. Oppo, which indicated that he had doubts about the transformation of the system in the article Chin. Phys. B 31 060503 (2022) and gave other considerations. After inspection, we found that there was a clerical error in the article. Based on this, we have made corrections and supplements to the original article.

混沌光纤激光器偏振分量的动力学特性

实验利用光纤的非线性克尔效应在掺铒光纤激光器中实现混沌激光的输出,详细研究了泵浦电流和偏振态等因素对系统输出的影响,分别对混沌光纤激光器偏振分量的输出功率,动态演变、互相关特性及光谱等动力学特性进行了详细分析。结果表明,混沌光纤激光器及其偏振分量的输出功率随泵浦电流的变化呈线性关系。随着泵浦电流的增加,混沌激光偏振分量历经周期、混沌和自脉冲的输出状态,与混沌激光器输出的动态演变步调一致。不同偏振态下,混沌激光偏振分量同样可实现从周期到混沌脉冲串的动态演变过程,偏振分量之间的相关性与系统的输出状态密切相关。实验对不同泵浦电流的光谱进行了分析,光谱的形状不随激光器输出的不同状态而改变,其中心波长基本保持不变。实验结果对研究新型偏振可控光纤激光器及多路光纤传感等应用提供了一种新思路,该工作对于探索混沌光纤激光器偏振分量的非线性动力学特性具有重要意义。

基于干涉模块增强共驱混沌同步密钥分发系统的安全性

基于共同信号驱动两相同激光器可以实现密钥分发,但驱动信号和响应激光器的输出信号存在的强相关会降低密钥分发的安全性。提出一种增强共驱混沌同步密钥分发系统安全性的方案。通过引入硬件变换模块,降低驱动与响应信号之间的相关性,进而保障密钥分发的安全性。选择马赫-曾德尔干涉仪(MZI)作为变换模块,利用MZI的延迟干涉效应实现对激光器输出信号的变换,并对MZI输出的时序波形进行双阈值量化,实现了100 km的光纤传输,速率为0.23 Gbit/s的密钥分发。实验结果证明:在基于混沌同步的密钥分发方案中,引入的硬件变换模块可以有效防止非法用户直接量化驱动信号窃取密钥,避免信息的泄露,实现合法用户的安全密钥分发。

混沌微腔激光器的研究进展(特邀)

半导体混沌激光器已被应用在随机数生成、安全通信、混沌探测等领域。实现混沌激光器最常用方法是光反馈,但采用离散器件搭建的混沌激光器系统结构复杂、稳定性差。基于光反馈原理的光子集成混沌激光器、体积小,但工艺复杂,且无法避免光反馈引入的弱周期性。基于微腔内模式相互作用产生的自发混沌半导体微腔激光器,无需外部扰动,具有体积小、工艺简单、混沌带宽大、混沌态工作条件宽和无反馈弱周期性等优点,有望在具体应用中进一步发挥作用。针对近年来基于微腔的混沌激光器研究情况,本文进行了分类介绍,包括自发混沌微腔激光器、光反馈混沌微腔激光器和集成互注入激光器,总结了自发混沌微腔激光器的当前应用,对自发混沌微腔激光器的未来发展做了展望。

Harmonic Mode-Locked Ytterbium-Doped Fibre Ring Laser

We demonstrate a harmonic mode-locked ytterbium-doped fibre ring laser, which consists of a polarization-sensitive isolator, two polarization controllers, two 976nm laser diodes as the pump source and a two-segment ytterbium-doped fibre. Utilizing an additive pulse mode-locked technique based on nonlinear polarization evolution, the ytterbium-doped fibre laser can operate in mode-locked state by adjusting the position of polarization controllers. The cavity fundamental repetition rate is 23.78 MHz. We also observe the second- and third-harmonic mode locking in the normal dispersion region, and their repetition rates are 47.66 MHz and 71.56 MHz, respectively. Over-driving of the saturable absorber in the harmonic mode-locking pulse is analysed and discussed in detail.

Dispersion compensation in an open-loop all-optical chaotic communication system

The optical chaotic communication system using open-loop fiber transmission is studied under strong injection conditions. The optical chaotic communication system with open-loop configuration is studied using fiber transmission under strong injection conditions. The performances of fiber links composed of two types of fiber segments in different dispersion compensation maps are compared by testing the quality of the recovered message with different bit rates and encrypted by chaotic modulation （CM） or chaotic shift keying （CSK）. The result indicates that the performance of the pre-compensation map is always worst. Two types of symmetrical maps are identical whatever the encryption method and bit-rate of message are. For the transmitting and the recovering of message of lower bit rate （1 Gb/s）, the post-compensation map is the best scheme. However, for the message of higher bit rate （2.5 Gb/s）, the parameters in communication system need to be modified properly in order to adapt to the high-speed application. Meanwhile, two types of symmetrical maps are the best scheme. In addition, the CM method is superior to the CSK method for high-speed applications. It is in accordance with the result in a back-to-back configuration system.

Improving performance of optical fibre chaotic communication by dispersion compensation techniques

This paper numerically investigates the effects of dispersion on optical fibre chaotic communication, and proposes a dispersion compensation scheme to improve the performance of optical fibre chaotic communication system. The obtained results show that the transmitter-receiver synchronization progressively degrades and the signal-to-noise ratio of the recovered message deteriorates as the fibre length increases due to the dispersion accumulation. Two segments of 2.5-km dispersion-compensating fibres are symmetrically placed at both ends of a segment of 245-km nonzero dispersionshifted fibre with low dispersion in one compensation period. The numerical results show that the signal-to-noise ratio of the extracted 1 GHz sinusoidal message is improved from -2.92 dB to 15.38 dB by this dispersion compensation for the transmission distance of 500 km.

High-speed chaotic communication using an optical fibre ring as a key

A chaotic communication scheme with a fibre ring inserted in the optical ~eedback of the transmitter laser as an additional key is proposed under anticipating synchronization. The numerical results show that the key can enhance the communication security effectively. It is theoretically safe for the communication scheme to transmit messages with a frequency beyond the relaxation oscllation frequency.

Digital communication of two-dimensional messages in a chaotic optical system

The digital communication of two-dimensional messages is investigated when two solid state multi-mode chaotic lasers are employed in a master-slave configuration. By introducing the time derivative of intensity difference between the receiver （carrier） and the transmittal （carrier plus signal）, several signals can be encoded into a single pulse. If one signal contains several binary bits, two-dimensional messages in the form of a matrix can be encoded and transmitted on a single pulse. With these improvements in secure communications using chaotic multi-mode lasers, not only the transmission rate can be increased but also the privacy can be enhanced greatly.

PERFORMANCE OF A NEW DECODING METHOD USED IN OPEN-LOOP ALL-OPTICAL CHAOTIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

A new decoding method with decoder is used in open-loop all-optical chaotic communication system under strong injection condition.The performance of the new decoding method is numerically investigated by comparing it with the common decoding method without decoder.For new decoding method,two cases are analyzed,including whether or not the output of the decoder is adjusted by its input to receiver.The results indicate the decoding quality can be improved by adjusting for the new decoding method.Meanwhile,the injection strength of decoder can be restricted in a certain range.The adjusted new decoding method with decoder can achieve better decoding quality than decoding method without decoder when the bit rate of message is under 5 Gb/s.However,a stronger injection for receiver is needed.Moreover,the new decoding method can broaden the range of injection strength acceptable for good decoding quality.Different message encryption techniques are tested,and the result is similar to that of the common decoding method,indicative of the fact that the message encoded by using Chaotic Modulation(CM) can be best recovered by the new decoding method owning to the essence of this encryption technique.

混沌外光注入半导体环形激光器的混沌特性

提出一种将混沌光注入半导体环形激光器(SRL)的方案,以获得具有低延时特征(TDS)的混沌激光,并提高其带宽.在该方案中,主激光器为具有外腔双路相位调制光反馈的分布反馈半导体激光器,将其输出的混沌光同时注入SRL的顺时针和逆时针2个模式中,从而构成混沌外光双模式注入的SRL系统.数值研究外光注入系数和反馈系数等参数对该系统输出混沌光的TDS影响,用自相关函数曲线中延时特征峰的最大值表示延时特征值,将该系统对TDS的抑制效果与混沌外光单模式注入的SRL系统对比,并研究系统输出混沌光的带宽.结果表明,该方案对TDS具有较好的抑制效果,可有效抑制输出混沌光的延时特征,并提高其带宽,最大3 dB带宽可达19 GHz.

半导体环形激光器输出混沌光的时延特征和带宽的研究

提出一种将混沌光注入到半导体环形激光器的方案,在该方案中,以具有双路相位调制光反馈的分布反馈半导体激光器作为主激光器,将具有自反馈的半导体环形激光器(Semiconductor Ring Lasers,SRL)作为从激光器,并将主激光器输出的混沌光同时注入到从激光器的顺时针和逆时针两个模式中,从而构成混沌外光双模式注入的自反馈SRL系统。数值研究了外光注入系数、反馈系数等参数对该系统输出混沌光的时延特征的影响。在时延特征被有效抑制的参数条件下,研究了系统输出混沌光的带宽随反馈系数、注入系数和抽运因子的变化规律,并分析了物理原因,最大带宽可达20 GHz。结果表明,所提出的方案能够有效地抑制输出混沌光的时延特征,同时也提高了其带宽。

混沌光注入半导体激光器中极端事件的演变

基于相位共轭光反馈混沌激光系统(主激光器)产生的极端事件,研究了将其输出注入到一个自由运行的半导体激光器(从激光器)的演化情况.通过注入参数空间中极端事件相对数量的二维统计图分析注入参数对极端事件产生的影响,发现在主从激光器混沌输出高相关性参数区域,从激光器中的极端事件的相对数量趋向于一个接近主激光器中极端事件相对数量的稳定值;在某些特定的弱相关区域,从激光器中的极端事件的相对数量趋向于增加.研究结果证明了通过光注入控制极端事件的可能性,有利于优化混沌激光系统性能或拓展其应用场景.

高散射抑制比激光雷达水下探测技术探析

浅海海水严重的后向散射是阻碍激光近海水下探测应用的关键问题,回波信号中的后向散射制约了水下目标探测深度、分辨率和对比度.针对该问题,研究了两种高散射抑制比海洋激光雷达——混沌脉冲激光雷达和相干双频脉冲激光雷达,这两种激光雷达信号具有内在的高频强度调制特性,而后向散射具有低频特性.因此,在目标信号光和后向散射光同量级条件下,可通过带通或高通滤波将海水后向散射滤除,从而提高系统信噪比.

混沌脉冲激光雷达水下目标探测

海水对光波的吸收和散射,严重制约了激光雷达水下目标探测的性能。通过对激光在海水传输过程中产生后向散射的定量分析,说明了激光回波信号被海水后向散射影响的严重性。分析比较了距离选通技术和强度调制技术抑制海水后向散射的能力,提出了使用自身具有高频强度调制特性的混沌脉冲激光进行水下目标探测,设计了基于相关法测距的混沌脉冲激光雷达水下目标探测方案。通过对后向散射光以及带有不同后向散射强度的回波信号光的时域和频域特性的研究,使用互相关噪声水平算法判定混沌脉冲激光雷达抑制海水后向散射的能力。理论仿真分析表明,当后向散射光强度是混沌脉冲激光强度36倍时,仍能提取出目标信号。