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Chaotic lasers feature wide spectrum and noise-like features, and extensively used in various fields, such as secure communications and random bit generation (RBG). Since the physical RBG using optical chaos was demonstrated first by Uchida et al., the optical chaos has been widely investigated in terms of chaos bandwidth and flatness, which determines the rate and randomness of RBG. Owing to the natural stability of semiconductor lasers, external perturbation is required to generate chaotic signals, such as optical injection, current modulation, and optical feedback. Among them, a semiconductor laser with optical feedback has attracted wide attention because of its simple structure and rich dynamic behaviors. Nonetheless, this configuration suffers the influence of the relaxation oscillation, which results in a limited bandwidth (a few GHz) and an uneven power spectrum. To obtain broad-spectrum chaotic signals, considerable efforts have been made in recent years. However, these solutions are associated with complex structures that require delicate manipulation because multiple parameters should be matched, so the cost of some of these schemes in terms of the system complexity can potentially outweigh the benefits. In this work, we incorporate an optical filter and an amplifier into the feedback loop of a conventional optical feedback system to generate broadband chaotic signals. The effects of the filter detuning frequency and feedback power on the bandwidth and flatness of the chaotic output are investigated experimentally. The experimental results demonstrate that by appropriately adjusting the feedback power and detuning frequency, both the low-frequency components and the high-frequency components of the chaotic output power spectrum can be increased, and the maximum chaotic bandwidth can reach 24.4 GHz with a flatness of 5.7 dB. This phenomenon is attributed to the physical process of beating between the filtered mode and the internal modes of the laser. Furthermore, the optimized chaotic output is processed by retaining the 4 least significant bits and implementing the delayed exclusive-OR (XOR) operation. Our scheme is capable of generating physical random number of the bit rate of 320 Gbit/s, and successfully passes the standard randomness test, i.e. the NIST test (NIST SP 800-22). -
Keywords:
- semiconductor laser /
- chaos /
- filter feedback /
- random bits generation
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图 1 宽带混沌信号产生的实验装置, 其中DFB-LD为分布反馈半导体激光器; CIR为循环器; OC为光耦合器; EDFA为掺铒光纤放大器; VOA为可变光衰减器; PC为偏振控制器; OSA为光谱分析仪; PD为光电探测器; EC为电耦合器; ESA为电频谱分析仪; OSC为示波器
Figure 1. Experimental setup for the generation of a broadband chaotic signal. DFB-LD: distributed feedback laser diode; CIR: circulator; OC: optical coupler; EDFA: erbium-doped fiber amplifier; VOA: variable optical attenuator; PC: polarization controller; OSA: optical spectrum analyzer; PD: photoelectric detector; EC: electrical coupler; ESA: electrical spectrum analyzer; OSC: oscilloscope.
图 3 频率失谐Δν对混沌输出的影响. 光谱(左列), 功率谱(右列), 其中 (a1), (a2)
${\Delta } {\nu }=$ –64 GHz; (b1), (b2)${\Delta } {\nu }=$ –54 GHz; (c1), (c2)${\Delta } {\nu }=$ –24 GHz; (d) 混沌带宽和平坦度随频率失谐的演化情况Figure 3. The effects of filter frequency detuning
${\Delta } {\nu }$ on the output of chaos. The optical spectra (left column) and corresponding power spectra (right column) of chaos generated with the filter frequency detuning (a1) (a2)${\Delta } {\nu }=$ –64 GHz; (b1) (b2) –54 GHz; (c1) (c2) –24 GHz ; (d) the BW and flatness of chaos as functions of filter frequency detuning.图 4 滤波反馈功率对混沌输出的影响. 光谱(左列), 功率谱(右列), 其中反馈功率
$ {P}_{\rm{f}} $ (a1) (a2) 0.718 mW; (b1) (b2) 1.486 mW; (c1) (c2) 3 mW; (d) 混沌带宽和平坦度随反馈功率的演化情况Figure 4. The effects of filter feedback power on the output of chaos. optical spectra (left column) and corresponding power spectra (right column) of chaos generated from the filter feedback scheme, where the feedback power
$ {P}_{\rm{f}} $ (a1) (a2) 0.718 mW; (b1) (b2) 1.486 mW; (c1) (c2) 3 mW; (d) the BW and flatness of chaos as functions of the filter feedback power. -
[1] Li H Y, Yang Y, Huang C M, Dai L Q, Cheng M F, Xiong X, Yang Q, Tang M, Liu D M, Deng L 2022 Opt, Lett. 47 118Google Scholar
[2] Ke J X, Yi L L, Yang Z, Yang Y P, Zhuge Q B, Chen Y P, Hu W S 2019 Opt. Lett. 44 5776Google Scholar
[3] Li N Q, Kim B, Chizhevsky V N, Locquet A, Bloch M, Citrin D S, Pan W 2014 Opt. Express 22 6634Google Scholar
[4] Uchida A, Amano K, Inoue M, Hirano K, Naito S, Someya H, Oowada I, Kurashige T, Shiki M, Yoshimori S, Yoshimura K, Davis P 2008 Nat. Photonics 2 728Google Scholar
[5] Cheng C H, Chen C Y, Chen J D, Pan D K, Ting K T, Lin F Y 2018 Opt. Express 26 12230Google Scholar
[6] Zhang M J, Liu H, Zhang J Z, Liu Y, Liu R X 2017 IEEE Photon. J. 9 1600610Google Scholar
[7] 钟东洲, 曾能, 杨华, 徐喆 2021 物理学报 70 074206Google Scholar
Zhong D Z, Zeng N, Yang H, Xu Z 2021 Acta Phys. Sin. 70 074206Google Scholar
[8] Chai M M, Qiao L J, Zhang M J, Wang A B, Yang Q, Zhang J Z, Wang T, Gao S H 2020 IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 56 1Google Scholar
[9] Han H, Zhang M J, Shore K A 2019 IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 55 1Google Scholar
[10] Yin X M, Zhong Z Q, Zhao L J, Lu D, Qiu H Y, Xia G Q, Wu Z M 2015 Opt. Commun. 355 551Google Scholar
[11] Chen J J, Wu Z M, Tang X, Deng T, Fan L, Zhong Z Q, Xia G Q 2015 Opt. Express 23 7173Google Scholar
[12] Hong Y H, Spencer P S, Shore K A 2014 IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 50 236Google Scholar
[13] 陈俊, 陈建军, 吴正茂, 蒋波, 夏光琼 2016 物理学报 65 164204Google Scholar
Chen J, Chen J J, Jiang B, Xia G Q 2016 Acta Phys. Sin. 65 164204Google Scholar
[14] Chan S C, Tang W K S 2009 Int. J. Bifurcat. Chaos 19 3417Google Scholar
[15] Zeng Y, Zhou P, Huang Y, Li N Q 2021 Appl. Optics 60 7963Google Scholar
[16] Ruan J, Chan S C 2022 Opt. Lett. 47 858Google Scholar
[17] Hao Y Z, Ma C G, Shen Z Z, Li J C, Xiao J L, Yang Y D, Huang Y Z 2021 Opt. Lett. 46 2115Google Scholar
[18] Chang D, Zhong Z, Tang J, Spencer P S, Hong Y 2020 Opt. Express 28 39076Google Scholar
[19] Zhao A K, Jiang N, Liu S Q, Xue C P, Tang J M, Qiu K 2019 Opt. Express 27 12336Google Scholar
[20] Jiang N, Zhao A K, Liu S Q, Xue C P, Wang B Y, Qiu K 2018 Opt. Lett. 43 5359Google Scholar
[21] Bouchez G, Uy C H, Macias B, Wolfersberger D, Sciamanna M 2019 Opt. Lett. 44 975Google Scholar
[22] Schires K, Gomez S, Gallet A, Duan G H, Grillot F 2017 IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quant. 23 1Google Scholar
[23] Yang Q, Qiao L J, Zhang M J, Zhang J Z, Wang T, Gao S H, Chai M M, Mohiuddin P M 2020 Opt. Lett. 45 1750Google Scholar
[24] Jiang N, Wang Y J, Zhao A K, Liu S Q, Zhang Y Q, Chen L, Li B C, Qiu K 2020 Opt. Express 28 1999Google Scholar
[25] Guo Y, Liu W, Huang Y, Sun Y, Zinsou R, He Y, Zhang R 2022 Opt. Express 30 3148Google Scholar
[26] Zhong Z Q, Lin G R, Wu Z M, Yang J Y, Chen J J, Yi L L, Xia G Q 2017 IEEE Photonic. Tech. L 29 1506Google Scholar
[27] Wang L S, He Q Q, Wang A B, Wang Y C 2022 IEICE Nonlin. Theory Appl. 13 36Google Scholar
[28] Li P, Cai Q, Zhang J G, Xu B J, Liu Y M, Bogris A, Shore K A, Wang Y C 2019 Opt. Express 27 17859Google Scholar
[29] Yang Q, Qiao L J, Wei X J, Zhang B X, Chai M M, Zhang J Z, Zhang M J 2021 J. Lightwave Technol. 39 6246Google Scholar
[30] Zhao A K, Jiang N, Peng J F, Liu S Q, Zhang Y Q, Qiu K 2022 Opto-Electron Adv. 5 200026Google Scholar
[31] Ma C G, Xiao J L, Xiao Z X, Yang Y D, Huang Y Z 2022 Light Sci. Appl. 11 187Google Scholar
[32] Lin F Y, Liu J M 2003 Opt. Commun. 221 173Google Scholar
[33] Hong Y H, Chen X F, Spencer P S, Shore K A 2015 IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 51 1200106Google Scholar
[34] Hart J D, Terashima Y, Uchida A, Baumgartner G B, Murphy T E, Roy R 2017 APL Photonics 2 090901Google Scholar
[35] Chizhevsky V N 2010 Phys. Rev. E 82 050101
[36] Reidler I, Aviad Y, Rosenbluh M, Kanter I 2009 Phys. Rev. Lett. 103 024102Google Scholar
[37] Li X Z, Chan S C 2013 IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 49 829Google Scholar
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