title: Experimental classification of dynamical regimes in optically injected lasers.
abstract: We present a reliable and fast technique to experimentally categorise the dynamical state of optically injected two mode and single mode lasers. Based on the experimentally obtained time-traces locked, unlocked and chaotic states are distinguished for varying injection strength and detuning. For the two mode laser, the resulting experimental stability diagram provides a map of the various single mode and two mode regimes and the transitions between them. This stability diagram is in strong agreement with the theoretical predictions from low-dimensional dynamical models for two mode lasers. We also apply our method to the single mode laser and retain the close agreement between theory and experiment.
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authors.lastname: O'Shea
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authors.lastname: Osborne
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authors.lastname: Blackbeard
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authors.lastname: Goulding
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authors.lastname: Kelleher
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authors.lastname: Amann