ABSTRACT
We report a continuous-wave, O-band quantum-dot semiconductor comb laser for WDM optical interconnects exhibiting a 2.2 THz optical bandwidth with up to 89 comb wavelengths spaced at 25 GHz, over 30% peak ex-facet electrical-to-optical power conversion efficiency, up to 270 mW of usable laser power, relative intensity noise below - 135 dB/Hz per individual mode, individual laser mode linewidth of 140 kHz, mode beating linewidths of 50 kHz across all modes, and stable far-field output with 75% coupling efficiency to PM fiber in a butterfly package.
ABSTRACT
Passive mode-locking is achieved in two sectional lasers with an active layer based on superlattice formed by ten layers of quantum dots. Tunnel coupling of ten layers changes the structural polarization properties: the ratio between the transverse electric and transverse magnetic polarization absorption coefficients is less by a factor of 1.8 in the entire electroluminescence spectrum range for the superlattice.