Synchronization of tunable asymmetric square-wave pulses in delay-coupled optoelectronic oscillators

Jade Martínez-Llinàs, Pere Colet, and Thomas Erneux
Phys. Rev. E 91, 032911 – Published 18 March 2015

Abstract

We consider a model for two delay-coupled optoelectronic oscillators under positive delayed feedback as prototypical to study the conditions for synchronization of asymmetric square-wave oscillations, for which the duty cycle is not half of the period. We show that the scenario arising for positive feedback is much richer than with negative feedback. First, it allows for the coexistence of multiple in- and out-of-phase asymmetric periodic square waves for the same parameter values. Second, it is tunable: The period of all the square-wave periodic pulses can be tuned with the ratio of the delays, and the duty cycle of the asymmetric square waves can be changed with the offset phase while the total period remains constant. Finally, in addition to the multiple in- and out-of-phase periodic square waves, low-frequency periodic asymmetric solutions oscillating in phase may coexist for the same values of the parameters. Our analytical results are in agreement with numerical simulations and bifurcation diagrams obtained by using continuation techniques.

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  • Received 13 October 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.91.032911

©2015 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Jade Martínez-Llinàs1, Pere Colet1, and Thomas Erneux2

  • 1IFISC, Instituto de Física Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos (CSIC-UIB), Campus Universitat Illes Balears, E-07071 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
  • 2Université Libre de Bruxelles, Optique Nonlinéaire Théorique, Campus Plaine, C.P. 231, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium

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Vol. 91, Iss. 3 — March 2015

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