Optical Boolean chaos

Opt Express. 2020 Sep 28;28(20):29296-29305. doi: 10.1364/OE.404879.

Abstract

Boolean chaos is widely used in physical systems for its digital-like behavior and complex dynamics. However, electronic logic devices limit the bandwidth of Boolean chaos and its development. Based on an autonomous optical Boolean network, a method of generating optical Boolean chaos with 14 GHz bandwidth is proposed, exploring the physical mechanism of the chaos generated by the system and analyzing the influences of external parameters on the dynamic characteristics of the system. The output status is mainly affected by the detection optical power, carrier recovery time of the semiconductor optical amplifier, and difference between the two self-feedback time delays.