High performance mode locking characteristics of single section quantum dash lasers

Ricardo Rosales (1)

1 LPN - Laboratoire de photonique et de nanostructures

Mode locking features of single section quantum dash based lasers are investigated. Particular interest is given to the static spectral phase profile determining the shape of the mode locked pulses. The phase profile dependence on cavity length and injection current is experimentally evaluated, demonstrating the possibility of efficiently using the wide spectral bandwidth exhibited by these quantum dash structures for the generation of high peak power sub-picosecond pulses with low radio frequency linewidths.

Mots clés: Lasers and laser optics; Mode-locked lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Optoelectronics

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Ricardo Rosales. High performance mode locking characteristics of single section quantum dash lasers. Optics Express, 2012, 20 (8), pp.8649. ⟨hal-00734032⟩