Abstract
A wavelength tunable chaotic external cavity semiconductor laser (ECSL) composed by a distributed-feedback laser diode (DFB-LD) and a broadband chirped fiber Bragg grating (CFBG), is proposed and experimentally demonstrated for generating tunable chaos signals with time delay signature (TDS) suppression. The experimental results show that by using a CFBG with a 3-dB reflection bandwidth of approximately 30 nm and a low dispersion of approximately 1.25 ps/nm, the chaotic ECSL can be tuned over a wide wavelength range, and the generated chaos possesses a low TDS of about 0.04. With the increase of the bias current of the DFB-LD, the chaotic ECSL is tuned towards long-wavelength direction, the effective bandwidth of the chaotic signal is extended, and the TDS of the chaotic signal remains effectively suppressed. To highlight the advantages of the proposed scheme, relevant experiments for the DFB-LD under fiber mirror feedback and fiber Bragg grating feedback are also performed and compared.
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