Low Noise Heterogeneous III‐V‐on‐Silicon‐Nitride Mode‐Locked Comb Laser

@article{Cuyvers2021LowNH,
  title={Low Noise Heterogeneous III‐V‐on‐Silicon‐Nitride Mode‐Locked Comb Laser},
  author={Stijn Cuyvers and Bahawal Haq and Camiel Op de Beeck and Stijn Poelman and Artur Hermans and Zhengkui Wang and Agnieszka M. Gocalinska and Emanuele Pelucchi and Brian Corbett and Gunther Roelkens and Kasper Van Gasse and Bart Kuyken},
  journal={Laser \& Photonics Reviews},
  year={2021},
  volume={15}
}
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 diode lasers provide combs with a high conversion efficiency, while simultaneously allowing for a dense spectrum of lines. In recent years, a number of integrated chip scale mode‐locked lasers have been demonstrated. However, thus far these devices suffer from significant linear and nonlinear losses in the passive… 
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