• DocumentCode
    1440593
  • Title

    Time-delay characteristics of four-wave mixing among subpicosecond optical pulses in a semiconductor optical amplifier

  • Author

    Inoue, Jun ; Kawaguchi, Hitoshi

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Eng., Yamagata Univ., Yonezawa, Japan
  • Volume
    10
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    1998
  • Firstpage
    1566
  • Lastpage
    1568
  • Abstract
    We have studied four-wave mixing (FWM) characteristics among subpicosecond optical pulses in a semiconductor optical amplifier for different time-delays between pump and probe beams, for the first time. Our experimental results have shown that an optimum time-delay shifted from the perfect pump-probe overlap condition with an increase in input probe beam energy. An optimum intensity of the pump beam has also been obtained to generate the maximum FWM signal.
  • Keywords
    delays; high-speed optical techniques; multiwave mixing; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; four-wave mixing; input probe beam energy; maximum FWM signal; optimum intensity; optimum time-delay; probe beams; pump beam; pump-probe overlap condition; semiconductor optical amplifier; subpicosecond optical pulses; time-delay characteristics; time-delays; Delay effects; Four-wave mixing; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Probes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.726751
  • Filename
    726751