Reconfigurable dynamic all-optical chaotic logic operations in an optically injected VCSEL<xref rid="cpb_26_12_124204_fn1" ref-type="fn">*</xref> <fn id="cpb_26_12_124204_fn1"> <label>*</label> <p>Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61475120) and the Innovative Projects in Guangdong Colleges and Universities, China (Grant No. 2015KTSCX146).</p> </fn>

Reconfigurable dynamic all-optical chaotic logic operations in an optically injected VCSEL* *

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61475120) and the Innovative Projects in Guangdong Colleges and Universities, China (Grant No. 2015KTSCX146).

Zhong Dong-Zhou^†, Xu Ge-Liang, Luo Wei, Xiao Zhen-Zhen

(color online) Schematic diagram of all-optical chaotic logic operations in an optically injected VCSEL, showing (a) principle block diagram; (b) detailed light paths; SG-DBR laser: sampled grating distributed Bragg reflector laser; VCSEL: vertical cavity surface emitting laser; IS: isolator; μ: normalized injection current of VCSEL; μ₀: normalized injection current of SG-DBR laser; EAM: electric amplifier; PD: photo-detector; BS: beam splitter; PBS: polarization beam splitter; HWP: half-wave plate; FR: faraday rotator; CP: coupler; VA: variable attenuator; LPBF: low pass Bessel filter; FPGA: field programmable gate array; parameters σ_x* and σ_y*: thresholds of x-PC and y-PC respectively; i: electric signal.