Edge-emitting mode-locked quantum-dot (QD) lasers are compact, highly efficient sources
for the generation of picosecond and femtosecond pulses and/or broad frequency combs …

Dissipative Kerr solitons are self-organized optical waves arising from the interplay between
the Kerr effect and dispersion. They can form in nonlinear microresonators by deliberately …

A self-assembled quantum dot (QD) gain medium has multiple favorable material properties
over conventional quantum well (QW) structures and bulk materials, including a large …

On-chip integration of optical comb sources is crucial in enabling their widespread use.
Integrated photonic devices that can be mass-manufactured in semiconductor processing …

Generating optical combs in a small form factor is of utmost importance for a wide range of
applications such as datacom, LIDAR, and spectroscopy. Electrically powered mode‐locked …

Mode-locked lasers find their use in a large number of applications, for instance, in
spectroscopic sensing, distance measurements, and optical communication. To enable …

We describe the initial efforts to use molecular beam epitaxy to grow InAs quantum dots on
GaAs via the Stranski–Krastanov transition and then discuss the initial efforts to use these …

We demonstrate a III-V-on-silicon-nitride mode-locked laser through the heterogeneous
integration of a semiconductor optical amplifier on a passive silicon-nitride cavity using the …

Frequency conversion in nonlinear materials is an extremely useful solution to the
generation of new optical frequencies. Often, it is the only viable solution to realize light …

Transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) show unprecedented optical nonlinearities in the
near infrared wavelength range, where the real part of their linear refractive index …