Abstract
Silicon based InAs quantum dot mode locked lasers (QD-MLLs) are promising to be integrated with silicon photonic integrated circuits (PICs) for optical time division multiplexing (OTDM), wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) and optical clocks. Single section QD-MLL can provide high-frequency optical pulses with low power consumption and low-cost production possibilities. However, the linewidths of the QD-MLLs are larger than quantum well lasers, which generally introduce additional phase noise during optical transmission. Here, we demonstrated a single section MLL monolithically grown on Si (001) substrate with a repetition rate of 23.5 GHz. The 3-dB Radio Frequency (RF) linewidth of the QD-MLL was stabilized at optimized injection current under free running mode. By introducing self-injection feedback locking at a feedback strength of -24dB, the RF linewidth of MLL was significantly narrowed by two orders of magnitude from 900kHz to 8kHz.
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