An experimental method for identifying nonlinear phenomena intervening in a FWM process developed in a semiconductor optical amplifier

Author

Soto, Horacio ; Erasme, Didier

Author_Institution

CICESE, Baja California, Mexico

Volume

34

Issue

11

fYear

1998

fDate

11/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2211

Lastpage

2216

Abstract

The new experimental research on the four-wave mixing (FWM) phenomena described here consists in launching three optical waves (pump, probe, and test) into a semiconductor optical amplifier and measuring the test beam transmission and the conversion efficiency of the new wave generated to one side of the test beam. It allows for an excellent identification of the nonlinear phenomena involved in the FWM process. The analysis principle is based on the modulation of the gain curve for each of the three effects considered: spectral hole burning, carrier heating, and carrier density pulsation. Experimental and theoretical results are presented

Keywords

carrier density; multiwave mixing; optical hole burning; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; FWM process; carrier density pulsation; carrier heating; four-wave mixing; gain curve; nonlinear phenomena; optical pumping; optical wave launching; semiconductor optical amplifier; spectral hole burning; Four-wave mixing; Heating; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Probes; Semiconductor device testing; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.726616

Filename

726616