Highly nondegenerate four-wave mixing in semiconductor lasers due to spectral hole burning

Journal Article · Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 1987 · Appl. Phys. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.98450· OSTI ID:6364154

Agrawal, G P

Spectral hole burning in semiconductor lasers manifests as a nonlinear suppression of the mode gain by a few percent. In the presence of a probe wave, the same mechanism can lead to highly nondegenerate four-wave mixing (NDFWM) by creating the dynamic gain and index gratings at the beat frequency of the pump and probe waves. Since the grating efficiency is governed by the intraband relaxation time (typically <1 ps), significant NDFWM can occur even for a pump-probe detuning --100 GHz. We present the results for the conjugate reflectivity and the probe transmittivity when an InGaAsP laser is used as a traveling-wave amplifier.

• Research Organization: ATandT Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974
• OSTI ID: 6364154
• Journal Information: Appl. Phys. Lett.; (United States), Vol. 51:5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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