Laterally-coupled dual-grating distributed feedback lasers for generating mode-beat terahertz signals

We present a laterally-coupled AlGaInAs/InP DFB laser emitting two longitudinal modes simultaneously within the same cavity and integrated with EAM. A stable 0.82 THz beating signal was observed over a wide range of bias parameters.

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