Abstract
In this paper, we propose a novel dual-channel optical chaos system with a time-delay (TD) feature simultaneously suppressed in all observables, i.e., in both intensity and phase. A hybrid optical and electro-optic feedback for a single vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) is verified to induce simultaneous TD suppression for the polarization-resolved components of the chaotic output. A comprehensive mathematical model is developed to incorporate the optical and electro-optic time delays into the rate equations of the VCSEL. The suppression of TD signature is then examined by means of autocorrelation function and delayed mutual information. The results show that the output chaotic signal has the TD feature well eliminated in both the intensity and phase over certain regions of parameter space identified using the peak signal to mean ratio technique. The independent evolution of the two orthogonal VCSEL modes renders the polarization-resolved output modes appropriate for the enhanced dual-channel chaos applications. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that a dual-channel chaos communication system is reported with simultaneous suppression of the TD feature in all the transmitted observables.