Generation of microwave signal in a mode-locked InAs/InP based quantum dash laser with CW optical injection
01 January 2010
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.