Quantum dot mode-locked frequency comb with ultra-stable 25.5 GHz spacing between 20°C and 120°C

Shujie Pan; Jianou Huang; Zichuan Zhou; Zhixin Liu; Lalitha Ponnampalam; Zizhuo Liu; Mingchu Tang; Mu-Chieh Lo; Zizheng Cao; Kenichi Nishi; Keizo Takemasa; Mitsuru Sugawara; Richard Penty; Ian White; Alwyn Seeds; Huiyun Liu; Siming Chen

doi:10.1364/PRJ.399957

Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 12, 1937(2020)

Quantum dot mode-locked frequency comb with ultra-stable 25.5 GHz spacing between 20°C and 120°C Spotlight on Optics

Shujie Pan^1、†, Jianou Huang^2、†, Zichuan Zhou¹, Zhixin Liu¹, Lalitha Ponnampalam¹, Zizhuo Liu¹, Mingchu Tang¹, Mu-Chieh Lo¹, Zizheng Cao^2,5, Kenichi Nishi³, Keizo Takemasa³, Mitsuru Sugawara³, Richard Penty⁴, Ian White⁴, Alwyn Seeds¹, Huiyun Liu¹, and Siming Chen^1、*

Author Affiliations

¹Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7JE, United Kingdom

²Institute of Photonic Integration, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven 5600 MB, The Netherlands

³QD Laser, Inc., Kawasaki 210-0855, Japan

⁴Centre for Photonics Systems, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0FA, United Kingdom

⁵e-mail: z.cao@tue.nl

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Shujie Pan, Jianou Huang, Zichuan Zhou, Zhixin Liu, Lalitha Ponnampalam, Zizhuo Liu, Mingchu Tang, Mu-Chieh Lo, Zizheng Cao, Kenichi Nishi, Keizo Takemasa, Mitsuru Sugawara, Richard Penty, Ian White, Alwyn Seeds, Huiyun Liu, Siming Chen, "Quantum dot mode-locked frequency comb with ultra-stable 25.5 GHz spacing between 20°C and 120°C," Photonics Res. 8, 1937 (2020)

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Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

Received: Jun. 10, 2020

Accepted: Sep. 14, 2020

Published Online: Dec. 1, 2020

The Author Email: Siming Chen (siming.chen@ucl.ac.uk)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.399957

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