title: Mixed external cavity mode dynamics in a semiconductor laser.
abstract: We observe experimentally and numerically novel mixed-mode dynamic states of a diode laser subject to two delayed optical feedbacks. These states have been proposed and analyzed within the framework of the Lang-Kobayashi single-feedback model. Such states are combinations of two distinct external cavity modes and can be identified through a characteristic sequence of a Hopf bifurcation followed by a secondary quasi-periodic bifurcation. We present experimental and numerical results that demonstrate such sequences.
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Sukow
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Hegg
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gavrielides