Dual-mode lasing in a 1310-nm quantum dot distributed feedback laser induced by single-beam optical injection

A. Hurtado; I. D. Henning; M. J. Adams; L. F. Lester

doi:10.1063/1.4807759

Dual-mode lasing in a 1310-nm quantum dot distributed feedback laser induced by single-beam optical injection

A. Hurtado, I. D. Henning, M. J. Adams, L. F. Lester

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Abstract

Tunable dual-mode lasing is experimentally demonstrated in a 1310-nm quantum dot (QD) distributed-feedback (DFB) laser under single-beam optical injection. The wavelength spacing between the two lasing modes is controlled by injecting the external optical signal into different residual Fabry-Perot modes of the QD DFB laser. The influence of important parameters, i.e., injection strength and bias current, is also analyzed. The simple experimental configuration used to achieve tunable dual-mode lasing and the theoretically superior properties of the QD laser offer exciting prospects for the use of these devices in microwave signal generation and radio-over-fiber applications for future mobile communication networks.

Original language	English
Article number	201117
Number of pages	4
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	102
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4807759
Publication status	Published - 20 May 2013

Keywords

external optical signals
Fabry-perot modes
lasing modes
microwave signal generations
mobile communication networks
optical injection
quantum dot distributed feedback lasers
wavelength spacing

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Hurtado, A., Henning, I. D., Adams, M. J., & Lester, L. F. (2013). Dual-mode lasing in a 1310-nm quantum dot distributed feedback laser induced by single-beam optical injection. Applied Physics Letters, 102(20), [201117]. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4807759

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