Semiconductor lasers are convenient and compact sources of light, offering highly efficient
operation, direct electrical control and integration opportunities. In this review we describe …

Semiconductor mode-locked lasers (MLLs) can provide coherent optical frequency combs
(OFCs) with high repetition rates and output power, which have been recognized as …

This paper presents a selection of recent advances on two-section passively mode-locked
InGaAs-based quantum-dot laser diodes. Pulse generation is demonstrated for repetition …

In this monograph, the authors address the physics and engineering together with the latest
achievements of efficient and compact ultrafast lasers based on novel quantum-dot …

Recent results on GaAs-based high-speed mode-locked quantum-dot (QD) lasers and
optical amplifiers with an operation wavelength centered at 1290 nm are reviewed and their …

The current state of the field of semiconductor lasers operating in the spectral range near 1.3
μm and with an active region represented by an array of self-organized quantum dots is …

Semiconductor mode-locked lasers (MLLs) are promising frequency comb sources for
dense wavelength-division-multiplexing (DWDM) data communications. Practical data …

The authors demonstrate stable mode locking that involves transitions within either the
ground state (1260 nm) or the excited state (1190 nm) in a two-section quantum-dot laser, at …

Passively mode-locked semiconductor lasers are promising for a wide variety of chip-scale
high-speed and high-capacity applications. However, the phase noise/timing jitter of such …

Competing approaches exist, which allow control of phase noise and frequency tuning in
mode-locked lasers, but no judgement of pros and cons based on a comparative analysis …