Abstract
Observation of sub-picosecond pulses from a single section Fabry Perot InAs/GaAs edge emitting quantum dot (QD) based laser at 1.3 μm under continuous wave operation is reported. After group delay dispersion compensation, pulse durations as short as 770 fs in a 45 GHz repetition rate device have been measured, with 1.9 W of peak power and a narrow radio frequency spectrum of only a few kHz linewidth. The experiments show evidence of an unexplored mode locking regime in the InAs/GaAs quantum dot material system, which still needs theoretical modelling and further analysis.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 221113 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume | 101 |
| Issue number | 22 |
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| Publication status | Published - 26 Nov 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |