Four-wave mixing mediated by the capture of carriers in semiconductor quantum-well amplifiers

Author

Hunziker, G. ; Paiella, R. ; Vahala, Kerry J. ; Koren, U.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

3-8 May 1998

Firstpage

440

Lastpage

441

Abstract

Summary form only given. We demonstrate a technique to measure the intrinsic capture lifetime, using frequency-resolved four wave mixing (FWM). The work is based on a frequency-domain measurement of the response function associated with the transfer of a modulation from three-dimensional states above the QW to the quantum-confined two dimensional states. The principle of the experiment is shown using two DFB semiconductor quantum well lasers.

Keywords

distributed feedback lasers; laser mode locking; multiwave mixing; quantum well lasers; DFB semiconductor quantum well lasers; QW laser intrinsic capture lifetime measurement; carrier capture; four-wave mixing; frequency-domain measurement; frequency-resolved four wave mixing; quantum-confined two dimensional states; response function; semiconductor quantum-well amplifiers; three-dimensional states; Four-wave mixing; Injection-locked oscillators; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical pulses; Optical variables control; Quantum wells; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-339-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1998.676471

Filename

676471