A 40 GHz Mode Locked Silicon Evanescent Laser

We demonstrate a mode locked silicon evanescent laser (ML-SEL) which generates a 39.2 GHz pulse stream without requiring any RF drive signal. This passively mode locked laser outputs 3.7 ps pulses which are nearly transform limited and have 18 dB extinction ratio.

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