DocumentCode
952101
Title
Conversion efficiency and bandwidth of THz optical frequency conversion in a semiconductor laser
Author
Li, L. ; Petermann, K.
Author_Institution
Inst. fur Hochfrequenztech., Tech. Univ. Berlin, Germany
Volume
140
Issue
4
fYear
1993
fDate
8/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
260
Lastpage
266
Abstract
A theory of THz optical frequency conversion using highly nondegenerate four-wave mixing (FWM) in a semiconductor laser is presented by small signal analysis. The analytical expressions for the conversion efficiency and the bandwidth of the converted signal are given. The optical frequency conversion is attributed to the mechanism of cavity enhanced highly nondegenerate FWM in a semiconductor laser in a range of 1 THz detuning frequency between the pump and the probe waves when the probe frequency is tuned close to one of the resonance modes. The frequency conversion is mainly introduced by the nonlinear gain effect when the detuning frequency is very high
Keywords
laser theory; laser tuning; multiwave mixing; optical frequency conversion; semiconductor lasers; THz optical frequency conversion; bandwidth; cavity enhanced highly nondegenerate FWM; conversion efficiency; detuning frequency; nondegenerate four-wave mixing; nonlinear gain effect; probe waves; pump waves; resonance modes; semiconductor laser; small signal analysis;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Optoelectronics, IEE Proceedings J
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0267-3932
Type
jour
Filename
236306
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