| Autor: |
Pan, S, Huang, J, Zhou, Z, Liu, Z, Ponnampalam, L, Tang, M, Lo, MC, Cao, Z, Nishi, K, Takemasa, K, Sugawara, M, Penty, R, White, I, Seeds, A, Liu, H, Chen, S |
| Přispěvatelé: |
Penty, Richard [0000-0003-4605-1455], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| DOI: |
10.17863/cam.62817 |
| Popis: |
Semiconductor mode-locked lasers (MLLs) are promising frequency comb sources for dense wavelength-division-multiplexing (DWDM) data communications. Practical data communication requires a frequency-stable comb source in a temperature-varying environment and a minimum tone spacing of 25 GHz to support high-speed DWDM transmissions. To the best of our knowledge, however, to date, there have been no demonstrations of comb sources that simultaneously offer a high repetition rate and stable mode spacing over an ultrawide temperature range. Here, we report a frequency comb source based on a quantum dot (QD) MLL that generates a frequency comb with stable mode spacing over an ultrabroad temperature range of 20–120°C. The two-section passively mode-locked InAs QD MLL comb source produces an ultra-stable fundamental repetition rate of 25.5 GHz (corresponding to a 25.5 GHz spacing between adjacent tones in the frequency domain) with a variation of 0.07 GHz in the tone spacing over the tested temperature range. By keeping the saturable absorber reversely biased at − 2 V , stable mode-locking over the whole temperature range can be achieved by tuning the current of the gain section only, providing easy control of the device. At an elevated temperature of 100°C, the device shows a 6 dB comb bandwidth of 4.81 nm and 31 tones with > 36 dB optical signal-to-noise ratio. The corresponding relative intensity noise, averaged between 0.5 GHz and 10 GHz, is − 146 dBc / Hz . Our results show the viability of the InAs QD MLLs as ultra-stable, uncooled frequency comb sources for low-cost, large-bandwidth, and low-energy-consumption optical data communications. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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