Title :
Generation of microwave signal in a mode-locked InAs/InP based quantum dash laser with CW optical injection
Author :
Sooudi, Ehsan ; Fernando, Harendra N J ; Hegarty, Stephen P. ; Huyet, Guillaume ; McInerney, John G. ; Lelarge, François ; Merghem, Kamel ; Martinez, Anthony ; Ramdane, Abderrahim
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Univ. Coll. Cork, Cork, Ireland
Abstract :
We report microwave oscillation in CW optically injected InAs/InP quantum dash lasers emitting at 1.56 μm, at twice the lasers´ self-mode-locked frequency. Narrow linewidths (,140 kHz) with >200 MHz locking range has been observed.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; indium compounds; laser mode locking; microwave oscillators; quantum dash lasers; CW optical injection; InAs-InP; microwave oscillation; microwave signal generation; mode-locked based quantum dash laser; narrow linewidths; self-mode-locked frequency; Indium phosphide; Laser mode locking; Masers; Microwave generation; Nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical mixing; Optical pulse generation; Quantum dots; Signal generators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
