A mode-locked external-cavity quantum-dot laser with a variable repetition rate

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/22/10/104206

Abstract A mode-locked external-cavity laser emitting at 1.17-μm wavelength using an InAs/GaAs quantum-dot gain medium and a discrete semiconductor saturable absorber mirror is demonstrated. By changing the external-cavity length, repetition rates of 854, 912, and 969 MHz are achieved respectively. The narrowest-3-dB radio-frequency linewidth obtained is 38 kHz, indicating that the laser is under stable mode-locking operation.

Keywords: external cavity quantum dot mode-locked laser

Received: 23 March 2013
Revised: 25 April 2013
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PACS:	42.60.Fc	(Modulation, tuning, and mode locking)
	78.67.Hc	(Quantum dots)
	81.07.Ta	(Quantum dots)
	81.16.Dn	(Self-assembly)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61274072, 60976057, and 60876086).

Corresponding Authors: Jin Peng
E-mail: pengjin@semi.ac.cn

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Wu Jian (吴剑), Jin Peng (金鹏), Li Xin-Kun (李新坤), Wei Heng (魏恒), Wu Yan-Hua (吴艳华), Wang Fei-Fei (王飞飞), Chen Hong-Mei (陈红梅), Wu Ju (吴巨), Wang Zhan-Guo (王占国) A mode-locked external-cavity quantum-dot laser with a variable repetition rate 2013 Chin. Phys. B 22 104206

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