• DocumentCode
    520083
  • 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
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5499643