Strong self-pulsations in a multi-electrode distributed feedback laser integrated with an electro-absorption modulator

Abstract

Strong self-pulsation in GHz range in a dual-electrode distributed feedback (DFB) laser with an electro-absorption modulator is presented. The result shows the potential of a single on-chip device with an optical source and modulator in microwave photonics application such as microwave/millimeter wave generation, optoelectronic oscillator and optical signal processing. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.