1.31 µm quantum-dot hybrid mode-locked lasers for optical time-division multiplexing

Author

Arsenijevic, D. ; Kleinert, M. ; Spiegelberg, M. ; Stubenrauch, M. ; Bimberg, D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Solid-State Phys. & Center of Nanophotonics, Tech. Univ. Berlin, Berlin, Germany

fYear

2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

We report on jitter reduction and frequency tuning ability of 1.31 μm 40 GHz quantum-dot mode-locked lasers with the main focus on hybrid mode locking. The frequency of the external electrical source is usually chosen to be close to the passive frequency of the mode-locked laser, which is increasingly difficult for high frequencies far beyond 40 GHz. Sub-harmonic mode locking is demonstrated, showing a significant jitter reduction down to 381 fs and a locking range of 6.6 MHz. 80 Gb/s on-off keying data transmission based on optical time-division multiplexing is demonstrated using a quantum-dot mode-locked laser module.

Keywords

jitter; laser mode locking; laser tuning; quantum dot lasers; time division multiplexing; external electrical source frequency; frequency 40 GHz; frequency tuning ability; jitter reduction; optical time-division multiplexing; passive frequency; quantum-dot hybrid mode-locked lasers; sub-harmonic mode locking; wavelength 1.31 mum; Frequency modulation; Integrated optics; Jitter; Optical attenuators; Optical pulses; Optical transmitters; mode-locked semiconductor lasers; on-off keying; optical time-division multiplexing; phase noise; quantum dots;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2015 17th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Budapest

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2015.7193440

Filename

7193440