We characterized the reflectivity and the modal discrimination of intracavity reflectors (ICRs) with different numbers of slots and presented harmonic mode-locking operation of a monolithic semiconductor laser comprising a compound cavity formed by a single deeply etched slot ICR fabricated from 1.55 μm AlGaInAs strained quantum well material. Gaussian pulses were generated at a 161.8 GHz repetition rate with a pulse duration of 1.67 ps and a time-bandwidth product of 0.81.
REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR PAPER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (DOUBLE-CLICK HERE TO EDIT) < 1Abstract-We report on the design and experimental evaluation of AlGaInAs/InP multi-quantum-well epi-structures for modelocked emission at 1.5-μm. We show that mode-locked lasers fabricated on an optimized 3 quantum-well active region with a low optical confinement factor deliver pulses with increased peak power and stability over a much wider biasing range than those fabricated using a standard 5 quantum well design. Sonogram measurements indicate that sub-ps symmetrical pulses with a substantially reduced linear blue chirp are generated up to nearly three times the laser current threshold.
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