Optical Communication With Chaotic Lasers - Applications Of Nonlinear Dynamics And Synchronization

Uchida (information and computer sciences, Saitama U., Japan) offers an overview of research into both chaos--nonlinear dynamics--and lasers--photonics--that have engineering applications in optical communication and information technology. The treatment is suitable for graduate students beginning research in interdisciplinary fields, and for researchers and engineers in either chaos or lasers. The topics include the basics of chaos and lasers, analyzing chaotic laser dynamics as demonstrated in a semiconductor laser with optical feedback, synchronization of chaos in lasers, implementing optical communications with chaotic lasers, generating random numbers with chaotic lasers, and controlling chaos in lasers. Annotation Ac2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Atsushi Uchida received his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Keio University in Yokohama, Japan, in 2000. He is an associate professor at the Department of Information and Computer Sciences at Saitama University in Saitama, Japan, and is currently working on synchronization of chaotic lasers, its applications for optical communication, secure key generation with chaotic lasers, and random number generation with chaotic lasers. Dr. Uchida is a member of the Optical Society of America, IEEE Photonics Society, and American Physical Society.