Physics and Applications of Laser Diode Chaos

An overview of chaos in laser diodes is provided which surveys experimental achievements in the area and explains the theory behind the phenomenon. The fundamental physics underpinning this behaviour and also the opportunities for harnessing laser diode chaos for potential applications are discussed. The availability and ease of operation of laser diodes, in a wide range of configurations, make them a convenient test-bed for exploring basic aspects of nonlinear and chaotic dynamics. It also makes them attractive for practical tasks, such as chaos-based secure communications and random number generation. Avenues for future research and development of chaotic laser diodes are also identified.Comment: Published in Nature Photonic

Unitarity and gamma-gamma-]pi-pi in chiral perturbation-theory

The direct chiral perturbation theory (ChPT) one-loop prediction for the production of two pions from two photons is compared with the recent Crystal Ball experimental data. The one-loop computation does not fit data even close to threshold because unitarity effects are important even at very low energies. However, when the constraints coming from unitarity and analyticity are included in a suitable way, the range of application of one-loop ChPT can be largely extended in agreement with the experiment

Etude de la formation et de la desexcitation des noyaux composes de masse A=79-80

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