title: Modeling synchronization in networks of delay-coupled fiber ring lasers.
abstract: We study the onset of synchronization in a network of N delay-coupled stochastic fiber ring lasers with respect to various parameters when the coupling power is weak. In particular, for groups of three or more ring lasers mutually coupled to a central hub laser, we demonstrate a robust tendency toward out-of-phase (achronal) synchronization between the N-1 outer lasers and the single inner laser. In contrast to the achronal synchronization, we find the outer lasers synchronize with zero-lag (isochronal) with respect to each other, thus forming a set of N-1 coherent fiber lasers.
authors: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Code6792, Plasma Physics Division, Nonlinear Systems Dynamics Section, Washington, DC 20375, USA.
authors: Brandon S
authors: BS
authors: Lindley
authors: Ira B
authors: IB
authors: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005246:Feedback; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007834:Lasers; D008962:Models, Theoretical