In this paper, we present experimental results related to tunable dual wavelength passive mode locking of two independent ground state sub-bands in a multi section InAs/InGaAs quantum dot laser. The emission of these sub-bands is related to gain suppression at the center of the ground state emission, whereas their wavelength separation is tunable with injection current. Through the mechanism of passive mode locking two independent pulses were obtained, with typical pulse width in the order of 17 ps.
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