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Quantum-Dot Mode-Locked Lasers: Sources for Tunable Optical and Electrical Pulse Combs

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In this chapter optical and electrical properties of quantum-dot mode-locked semiconductor lasers as well as applications based on these devices are discussed. Section 4.1 gives a short overview of different pulse generation and mode-locking techniques, with the main focus on passive mode locking, as well as details on the laser design and advanced features of quantum-dot devices. Timing-jitter reduction and frequency-tuning techniques (hybrid mode locking, optical injection and optical self-feedback) are compared in Sect. 4.2. Section 4.3 is devoted to applications of mode-locked lasers in photonic terahertz signal generation and optical data communication systems.

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Many colleagues contributed to the success of this work. The authors would like to thank expressly for each individual who has been in recent years with us and especially Moritz Kleinert and Marc Spiegelberg for their untiring efforts. The work was funded by DFG in the framework of the SFB 787.

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Arsenijević, D., Bimberg, D. (2017). Quantum-Dot Mode-Locked Lasers: Sources for Tunable Optical and Electrical Pulse Combs. In: Eisenstein, G., Bimberg, D. (eds) Green Photonics and Electronics. NanoScience and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67002-7_4

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