Correlation sum scalings from mixed-mode oscillations in weakly coupled molecular lasers

Abstract

A model for two symmetrically coupled lasers is investigated, in which mixed-mode oscillations arise in the absence of coupling. For small enough coupling, we show that in the time series, certain dynamical transitions from different resonances in the chaotic regime may be explained by the overlap of suitable resonances. These are families of [Formula: see text] resonances, which result in isolas as well as isolas consisting of intermediate-phase resonances [Formula: see text]. It appears that the overlap of resonances can explain the onset of two different scaling regions in the dimension correlation sum, which display an explicit dependence on the optical coupling strength. For very small coupling ranges, there are larger scaling regions that look analogous to that for the uncoupled laser system. For larger coupling, but still well below the synchronization threshold, steeper and larger scaling regions arise, in particular, in the smaller partitions.