Zhang Li,Yang Rong,Yang Ling-zhen.Chaotic generation based on figure-of-eight erbium-doped fiber laser with an optical fiber ring[J].Optoelectronics Letters,2012,8(3):209-211 Chaotic generation based on figure-of-eight erbium-doped fiber laser with an optical fiber ring Author Name Affiliation Zhang Li  Institute of Optoelectronic Engineering, Department of Physics and Optoelectronics, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China  Yang Rong  Institute of Optoelectronic Engineering, Department of Physics and Optoelectronics, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China  Yang Ling-zhen  Institute of Optoelectronic Engineering, Department of Physics and Optoelectronics, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China  Abstract:       We experimentally demonstrate the chaotic generation in a figure-of-eight erbium-doped fiber laser (F8L) with an optical fiber ring (OFR). With an appropriate combination of polarization controllers, we find that the fiber laser exhibits perioddoubling route to chaos, and the chaotic self-synchronous dynamics has a tendency to be reduced significantly. The experimental results show the tendency is related to the interference and the nonlinear phase shift of light in the optical fiber ring. Meanwhile, the chaotic dynamics is related to the polarization state and pump power. Hits: 3949 Download times: 443 This work has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.61107033), and the Natural Science Foundation for Young Scientists of Shanxi Province of China (No.2008021008) View Full Text    Download reader