Amaster-slaveconfigurationusedtocontrolthenonlinearbehaviorsarisinginaverticalcavitysurfaceemittinglaser(VCSEL)withstrongexternalopticalfeedbackisestablished.Intermsofbifurcationdiagram,timeandfrequencydomain,theinfluenceofthecontinuousopticalinjectionfromthemasterVCSELonthenonlinearcharacteristicsoftheslaveisinvestigatedtheoretically.Forrelativelyweakinjection,theslavestillkeepsitsintrinsicnonlinearstate.Withincreasingtheinjectionstrength,thesenonlinearbehaviorsevolvetoperiodicfluctuation,andatlastarereplacedbythesteady-state(e.g.thecriticalinjectionparameterforsteady-stateis1.2whenexternalcavity'sreflectivityandlengthare4%and4cm,respectively).Duringthisevolutionthebifurcation-contractionphenomenaarealsoobserved.
