title: High performance mode locking characteristics of single section quantum dash lasers.
abstract: Mode locking features of single section quantum dash based lasers are investigated. Particular interest is given to the static spectral phase profile determining the shape of the mode locked pulses. The phase profile dependence on cavity length and injection current is experimentally evaluated, demonstrating the possibility of efficiently using the wide spectral bandwidth exhibited by these quantum dash structures for the generation of high peak power sub-picosecond pulses with low radio frequency linewidths.
authors.affiliation: CNRS, Laboratory for Photonics and Nanostructures, Route de Nozay, 91460 Marcoussis, France. ricardo.rosales@lpn.cnrs.fr
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rosales
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Murdoch
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Watts
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Merghem
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: Francois
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lelarge
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Accard
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Barry
authors.forename: Abderrahim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramdane