This thesis focuses on laser diodes made of Quantum Dot/Quantum Dash (QD) structures. These devices have attracted considerable attention due to their remarkable properties, such as high gain, high non-linear effects, low laser-threshold, high thermal stability, etc. Our studies based on RIN (Relative Intensity Noise) and optical injection show unusual behaviour of QD lasers. We have compared the RIN of a QDash DFB laser with a ''classical'' (massif or quantum well) DFB laser as well as for Fabry-Perot type QDot/QDash lasers. Analytical simulations have been faced to experimental results and show the role of the wetting layer. Contrary to what is observed with ''classical lasers'', optical injection exhibits many regimes with strong non-linear dynamics when the laser is biased near the threshold, while there is only a very few regimes at moderate pump. All these results demonstrate a strong coupling with strong dumping between the longitudinal modes through the wetting layer, which is a very interesting point for the understanding of mode-locking in these QDot/QDash structures.
