Low confinement factor quantum dash (QD) mode-locked Fabry-Perot (FP) laser diode for tunable pulse generation

Author

Shen, A. ; Provost, J.-G. ; Akrout, A. ; Rousseau, B. ; Lelarge, F. ; Legouezigou, O. ; Pommereau, Franck ; Poingt, F. ; Legouezigou, L. ; Dunn, G.-H. ; Ramdane, A.

Author_Institution

III-V Lab., Alcatel-Thales, Palaiseau, France

fYear

2008

fDate

24-28 Feb. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

Electrical spectrum line-width is reduced in mode-locked FP 1.55 μm-QD laser diode through optical confinement factor optimization. From optimized structures, we obtained nearly Fourier-transform limited pulses at 10 GHz, with an averaged width of 8 ps over 10 nm.

Keywords

laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical fibre communication; optical pulse generation; optimisation; semiconductor lasers; Fourier-transform limited pulses; electrical spectrum line-width; frequency 10 GHz; low confinement factor quantum dash; mode-locked Fabry-Perot laser diode; optical confinement factor; optimization; time 8 ps; tunable pulse generation; Diode lasers; Fabry-Perot; Laser mode locking; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Potential well; Pulse generation; Quantum dot lasers; Quantum dots; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-856-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2008.4528481

Filename

4528481