@inbook{6c5cbbc50d2547b88569c705f0dc568d,
title = "Nonlinear semiconductor laser dynamics",
abstract = "This chapter is devoted to the semiconductor laser with a saturable absorber as a device that can operate as an excitable medium. After a short historical introduction, the semiconductor laser and its dynamical properties are treated. Then the focus is shifted toward the laser with a saturable absorber and its excitable dynamics. The feasibility of this system, when implemented on an InP-photonic integration platform, is investigated by simulations with realistic parameter values obtained from experiments. The cascaded operation of a sequence of several laterally coupled lasers with the propagation of spike pulses is demonstrated in simulations. It is shown that the excitability can be robust against the inevitable presence of spontaneous emission noise in a real system. It will be concluded that the semiconductor laser with a saturable absorber is an excellent candidate to serve as a fundamental building block in an all-optical artificial spiking neural network.",
keywords = "Excitability, Nonlinear dynamics, Photonic neural system, Saturable absorber, Semiconductor laser",
author = "Daan Lenstra and Weiming Yao and Lukas Puts",
year = "2023",
month = may,
day = "8",
doi = "10.1016/B978-0-32-398384-6.00010-3",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780323985802",
series = "Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials",
publisher = "Elsevier, Woodhead publishing",
pages = "57--84",
booktitle = "Advances in Nonlinear Photonics",
}