title: Global bifurcations and bistability at the locking boundaries of a semiconductor laser with phase-conjugate feedback.
abstract: We investigate dynamics and bifurcations of a single-mode semiconductor laser subject to phase-conjugate feedback near the locking region. The system is described by rate equations which are a three-dimensional system with a delay. With tools that go much beyond mere simulation, we find and follow steady states regardless of their stability and compute unstable manifolds of saddle points. Furthermore, we identify heteroclinic bifurcations, which turn out to be responsible for bistability and excitability at the locking boundaries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Engineering Mathematics, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TR, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Kirk
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Krauskopf