Abstract: An optoelectronic module includes a semiconductor structure with a substrate having a first side and a second side, a first layered structure deposited on the first side, and a second layered structure deposited on the second side. The optoelectronic module also includes driver circuitry fabricated of the first layered structure and a diode laser fabricated of the second layered structure. The driver circuitry produces a drive electrical signal supplied to the diode laser, and the diode laser produces an optical output in response to the drive electrical signal. In a preferred embodiment, the optoelectronic module also includes a temperature-sensitive element fabricated of the first or the second layered structure. The temperature-sensitive element produces a temperature dependent control signal related to the diode laser temperature.

Abstract: An optoelectronic module includes a semiconductor structure with a substrate having a first side and a second side, a first layered structure deposited on the first side, and a second layered structure deposited on the second side. The optoelectronic module also includes driver circuitry fabricated of the first layered structure and a diode laser fabricated of the second layered structure. The driver circuitry produces a drive electrical signal supplied to the diode laser, and the diode laser produces an optical output in response to the drive electrical signal. In a preferred embodiment, the optoelectronic module also includes a temperature-sensitive element fabricated of the first or the second layered structure. The temperature-sensitive element produces a temperature dependent control signal related to the diode laser temperature.

Abstract: A quantum dot laser operates on a quantum dot ground-state optical transition. The laser has a broadband (preferably?15 nm) spectrum of emission and a high output power (preferably?100 mW). Special measures control the maximum useful pump level, the total number of quantum dots in the laser active region, the carrier relaxation to the quantum dot ground states, and the carrier excitation from the quantum dot ground states. In one embodiment, a spectrally-selective loss is introduced into the laser resonator in order to suppress lasing on a quantum dot excited-state optical transition, thereby increasing the bandwidth of the emission spectrum.

Abstract: A quantum dot laser operates on a quantum dot ground-state optical transition. The laser has a broadband (preferably ?15 nm) spectrum of emission and a high output power (preferably ?100 mW). Special measures control the maximum useful pump level, the total number of quantum dots in the laser active region, the carrier relaxation to the quantum dot ground states, and the carrier excitation from the quantum dot ground states. In one embodiment, a spectrally-selective loss is introduced into the laser resonator in order to suppress lasing on a quantum dot excited-state optical transition, thereby increasing the bandwidth of the emission spectrum.

Abstract: An optoelectronic module includes a semiconductor structure with a substrate having a first side and a second side, a first layered structure deposited on the first side, and a second layered structure deposited on the second side. The optoelectronic module also includes driver circuitry fabricated of the first layered structure and a diode laser fabricated of the second layered structure. The driver circuitry produces a drive electrical signal supplied to the diode laser, and the diode laser produces an optical output in response to the drive electrical signal. In a preferred embodiment, the optoelectronic module also includes a temperature-sensitive element fabricated of the first or the second layered structure. The temperature-sensitive element produces a temperature dependent control signal related to the diode laser temperature.

Abstract: An optoelectronic device includes a planar active element, a vertical waveguide surrounding the active element in the vertical direction, and a lateral waveguide comprising at least one active section and at least one filter section following each other in the longitudinal direction. At least part of the active element within the active section generates optical gain in response to above-threshold pumping. The broad lateral waveguide in the active section can localize multiple lateral optical modes. In the filter section, no lateral confinement is provided for the lateral optical modes. The device further comprises means to ensure low absorption loss in the filter section and, therefore, ensure high efficiency. In one embodiment low absorption loss is achieved by pumping of at least part of the active element within the filter section. In another embodiment, the active element has small overlap with the vertical optical modes.

Abstract: A quantum dot laser operates on a quantum dot ground-state optical transition. The laser has a broadband (preferably ?15 nm) spectrum of emission and a high output power (preferably ?100 mW). Special measures control the maximum useful pump level, the total number of quantum dots in the laser active region, the carrier relaxation to the quantum dot ground states, and the carrier excitation from the quantum dot ground states. In one embodiment, a spectrally-selective loss is introduced into the laser resonator in order to suppress lasing on a quantum dot excited-state optical transition, thereby increasing the bandwidth of the emission spectrum.

Abstract: A quantum dot laser operates on a quantum dot ground-state optical transition. The laser has a broadband (preferably?15 nm) spectrum of emission and a high output power (preferably?100 mW). Special measures control the maximum useful pump level, the total number of quantum dots in the laser active region, the carrier relaxation to the quantum dot ground states, and the carrier excitation from the quantum dot ground states. In one embodiment, a spectrally-selective loss is introduced into the laser resonator in order to suppress lasing on a quantum dot excited-state optical transition, thereby increasing the bandwidth of the emission spectrum.

Abstract: A monolithic mode-locked diode laser with improved uniformity of light distribution along the cavity. The laser includes a multiple gain section with more than one gain subsection where the length of each subsection is less than the reciprocal gain coefficient in the gain subsection and a multiple saturable absorber section with more than one saturable absorber subsection where the length of each subsection is less than the reciprocal absorption coefficient in the saturable absorber subsection. The gain subsections alternate with the saturable absorber subsections and are optically coupled in a single waveguide. They are also allocated inside the monolithic cavity such that the total length of the gain subsections and the saturable absorber subsections is equal or close to the total cavity length. The cavity length preferably corresponds to a sufficiently low fundamental repetition frequency. Special measures are preferably provided to ensure mode-locking at the fundamental frequency.

Abstract: The optical gain and the differential gain of a quantum dot gain region in a gain section of a passive or hybrid mode-locked laser is varied by stacking at least two planes of quantum dots. All quantum dot planes are preferably formed by the same fabrication method and under the same fabrication conditions. The number of stacked planes of quantum dots is selected such that the optical gain and the differential gain are both in their optimal range with respect to the optical loss in the laser resonator and to the differential gain in the saturable absorber element. This results in a device with a short pulse width, stable mode-locking, high-power, and temperature-independent operation.