Phase conjugate reflectivity of 165 percent using four-wave mixing in a broad-area laser diode

Author

Kürz, Peter ; Nagar, Ron ; Mukai, Takaaki

Author_Institution

NTT Basic Res. Labs., Kanagawa, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

1995

fDate

30 Oct-2 Nov 1995

Firstpage

410

Abstract

Optical phase conjugation using semiconductor gain media promises several advantages. It is expected to be fast (nanosecond response times) and the phase conjugator can be easily integrated with other semiconductor devices. Here, we demonstrate experimentally a third advantage. It can be highly efficient, since both the pump and the probe beams are optically amplified. Our phase conjugation experiment is based on spatially nondegenerate four-wave mixing in a broad-area laser diode

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; multiwave mixing; optical phase conjugation; optical pumping; reflectivity; semiconductor lasers; broad-area laser diode; four-wave mixing; nanosecond response times; optical phase conjugation; optically amplified; phase conjugate reflectivity; phase conjugation experiment; probe beams; pump beams; semiconductor device integration; semiconductor gain media; spatially nondegenerate four-wave mixing; Delay; Diode lasers; Four-wave mixing; Nanoscale devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Reflectivity; Semiconductor devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1995. 8th Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, Volume 1., IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2450-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1995.484776

Filename

484776