Numerical simulation of a large number of coupled lasers

• DOI: 10.1364/josab.10.000155
• Publication Date: 2008-11-11T22:30:51Z
• Authors: Ziping Jiang; Martin McCall
• Keywords: 0103 physical sciences; 01 natural sciences

A simulation has been carried out on N coupled lasers. A complex coupling parameter has been used, thus accounting for the phase of the interacting fields; the phase of the coupling parameter turns out to be a key parameter that determines the dynamics of the system. Nonlocal coupling is considered, in which cooperative effects in the oscillator community are emphasized. It is shown that achieving a phase-locked or synchronized state is crucially dependent on the statistical width of the distribution of cavity resonance frequencies and also on the coupling mechanism.