Abstract

Insensitivity to external optical feedback is experimentally demonstrated in a self-chaotic deformed square microcavity laser for the first time, to the best of our knowledge. Both the optical and radio frequency (RF) spectra of the microlaser remain unaffected for external optical feedback with feedback strength as high as 9.9 dB. In addition, the autocorrelation function curve exhibits no time-delayed peaks. The insensitivity makes the self-chaotic microcavity laser promising for applications in feedback-insensitive optical sources.

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