Prof. Masoller’s research line on nonlinear dynamics of semiconductor lasers

Semiconductor lasers are important practical devices, widely used in datacom, telecom, biomedical applications (imaging, sensors), etc. While “solitary” lasers emit a stable output, under external perturbations semiconductor lasers display a variety of nonlinear behaviors. The research in our lab aims to advance the understanding of nonlinear phenomena and exploit them for innovative applications.

 

  

Top: Semiconductor Laser lab (you can find a video of the lab here).

Bottom: Time series of the laser intensity displaying feedback-induced spikes (you can find here a video of the intensity dynamics when the pump current is increased) and speckle image recorded at the output of a multimode optical fiber.

 

 

Recent publications:

Distinguishing dynamical regimes in a semiconductor laser with optical feedback by using event detection methods

M. Duque-Gijón, C. Masoller, J. Tiana-Alsina,

Chaos 35, 083103 (2025).

 

Effect of current modulation on the coherence of a semiconductor laser with optical feedback

M. Duque-Gijon, C. Masoller, J. Tiana-Alsina

Optics Express 32, 34721 (2024).

Characterizing the spike timing of a chaotic laser by using ordinal analysis and machine learning

B. R. R. Boaretto, E. E. N. Macau, C. Masoller

Chaos 34, 043108 (2024).

Recent presentations:

EOSAM 2025, Delft, The Netherlands, August 2025

Invited talk: Experimental characterization of optical feedback and current modulation effects on the spatial coherence of a semiconductor laser

 

Funding:

 

 Agencia Estatal de Investigación (PID2024-160573NB-I00 2025-2028)

 

Information Processing and Sensing with Photonic Neurons, European Office of Aerospace Research and Development (EOARD) reference number: FA8655-24-1-7022 (2024-2027)

 

 

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