Chaotic-Cavity Lasers for Emerging Applications- Dr. Omer Alkhazragi

Semiconductor lasers have been widely used in a wide range of applications, ranging from scientific research (e.g., in LIGO) to everyday consumer electronics (e.g., in smartphones). Highly coherent light emitted from lasers, although beneficial in these specific applications, suffers from the formation of speckles, resulting in poor imaging, lighting, and projection/display quality. Moreover, the long coherence length limits the resolution in interference-based sensing. In this talk, we discuss chaotic-cavity designs that can alter the performance of semiconductor lasers to enable their use in new emerging applications. We also highlight additional advantages introduced by employing chaotic cavities.