{"id":15,"date":"2023-09-05T18:15:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T18:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/sdl\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2025-03-28T23:24:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T23:24:24","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/sdl\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"15\" class=\"elementor elementor-15\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b377922 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b377922\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c30dc5\" data-id=\"3c30dc5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de5322a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"de5322a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Topics<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dd12769 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dd12769\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-688a391\" data-id=\"688a391\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3a242a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e3a242a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scalable phase-locking and synchronization in laser diode arrays <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65ba87d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65ba87d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Semiconductor laser diodes are employed for a wide variety of applications. Such lasers can emit light at a wide range of wavelengths, exhibit high electro-optical efficiency, are compact, and are low cost. However, a single diode\u2019s emission power is in the range of Watts or lower. Assembling diode lasers in arrays has the potential to increase emission brightness while keeping high-power diode array operation. We are studying the mechanisms of spontaneous and scalable phase-locking, both experimentally and theoretically. These studies involve designing and experimentally demonstrating compact external cavity design that fosters coupling between the diodes, consequently resulting in diode array synchronization.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5daee1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5daee1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/sdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/Slide2-768x432.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-484\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/sdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/Slide2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/sdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/Slide2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/sdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/Slide2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/sdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/Slide2.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Experimental setup of laser diodes in an array.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f198e59\" data-id=\"f198e59\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8848f64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8848f64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/sdl\/research\/nonlinear-dynamics-and-synchronization\/\">Nonlinear dynamics and synchronization of large coupled nonlinear systems<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e778e0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e778e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our team studies nonlinear dynamics and synchronization of large coupled systems, focusing on semiconductor diode laser arrays. Such lasers display a wide variety of nonlinear behaviors making them a good testing ground for studying nonlinear dynamics, including chaotic behavior.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ba27a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2ba27a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/sdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/09\/ThumbnailResearchArea2-1024x555.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-148\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/sdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/09\/ThumbnailResearchArea2-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/sdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/09\/ThumbnailResearchArea2-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/sdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/09\/ThumbnailResearchArea2-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/sdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/09\/ThumbnailResearchArea2-1536x832.png 1536w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/sdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/09\/ThumbnailResearchArea2-2048x1110.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Illustration of a coupled array of semiconductor lasers emitting in-phase train of pulses.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a71a91 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4a71a91\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-594245b\" data-id=\"594245b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-304d764 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"304d764\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/sdl\/research\/disorder-promoted-synchronization\/\">Disorder-promoted synchronization in complex nonlinear systems<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa5e058 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa5e058\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The realization that heterogeneity in complex system parameters (disorder) can promote synchronization broadens our understanding of complex systems. It challenges the simplistic view that order always leads to order and has implications for designing and understanding various real-world systems like large-scale laser arrays that are of interest to the scientific community. Our research investigates disorder-promoted synchronization (DPS) in large-scale nonlinear oscillator arrangements and other physical settings, such as coupled diode laser arrays, arrays of coupled Josephson junctions and coupled nonlinear oscillators.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17bf571 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"17bf571\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/sdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/disorder_promoted_synchron-768x585.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-471\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/sdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/disorder_promoted_synchron-768x585.png 768w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/sdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/disorder_promoted_synchron-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/sdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/disorder_promoted_synchron-1024x781.png 1024w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/sdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/disorder_promoted_synchron.png 1430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"> Illustration of disorder-promoted synchrony in a large 2D array of lasers. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6eea57a\" data-id=\"6eea57a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-931a87d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"931a87d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/sdl\/research\/disorder-promoted-synchronization\/\">Detection of weak signals in noisy environments<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f8bb5c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f8bb5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our group is developing methods for detecting weak signals in noisy environments using nonlinear dynamics methods.\u00a0 Our developed novel methodology is based on nonlinear systems described by coupled differential equations and is a sound candidate for detecting signals with low signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs). This research focuses on numerical and analytical efforts and takes advantage of the strong computational resources that we have.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Topics Scalable phase-locking and synchronization in laser diode arrays Semiconductor laser diodes are employed for a wide variety of applications. Such lasers can emit light at a wide range of wavelengths, exhibit high electro-optical efficiency, are compact, and are low cost. 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