"Semiconductor Lasers: Stability, Instability and Chaos" by Junji Ohtsubo

This is a comprehensive state-of-the-art book covering general mathematical and physical aspects of processes relevant to optical semiconductor lasers with applications focused on laser metrology, chaotic communications including cryptography, and chaotic random number generation.

Each of the chapters is followed by an extensive list of references ranging from basic historical ones to the most up-to-date sources.
The book tells about its importance concerning both the professional researchers and graduate students in the field of semiconductor lasers.

Contents
1 Introduction
2 Chaos in Laser Systems
3 Semiconductor Lasers and Theory
4 Theory of Optical Feedback in Semiconductor Lasers
5 Dynamics of Semiconductor Lasers with Optical Feedback
6 Dynamics in Semiconductor Lasers with Optical Injection
7 Dynamics of Semiconductor Lasers with Optoelectronic Feedback and Modulation
8 Instability and Chaos in Various Laser Structures
10 Stabilization of Semiconductor Lasers
11 Metrology Based on Chaotic Semiconductor Lasers
12 Chaos Synchronization in Semiconductor Lasers
13 Chaotic Communications in Semiconductor Lasers
14 Physical Random Number Generations and Photonic Integrated Circuits for Chaotic Generators
Appendix: Chaos