Four-wave mixing in a semiconductor optical amplifier

Chiming Wu; Honglei Fan; Niloy K. Dutta; Uziel Koren; C. H. Chen; Alfonso B. Piccirilli

doi:10.1117/12.345426

14 April 1999 Four-wave mixing in a semiconductor optical amplifier

Chiming Wu, Honglei Fan, Niloy K. Dutta, Uziel Koren, C. H. Chen, Alfonso B. Piccirilli

Proceedings Volume 3626, Testing, Packaging, Reliability, and Applications of Semiconductor Lasers IV; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.345426
Event: Optoelectronics '99 - Integrated Optoelectronic Devices, 1999, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We have performed four wave mixing (FWM) measurements on a 2-section semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) using CW and pulsed pump and probe beams. The FWM efficiency depends on the input pump power, the gain of the 2-section SOA and the wavelength separation between the pump and probe beams. A -19.1 dBm FWM signal power from the amplifier is achieved when the wavelength difference between the pump and probe beams is 2.5 nm. The pulse amplitude and pulse width of the FWM signal under the condition when the FWM signal is generated using pulsed pump and probe beams has been measured and analyzed. The results of the analysis are in agreement with the experimental data.

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Chiming Wu, Honglei Fan, Niloy K. Dutta, Uziel Koren, C. H. Chen, and Alfonso B. Piccirilli "Four-wave mixing in a semiconductor optical amplifier", Proc. SPIE 3626, Testing, Packaging, Reliability, and Applications of Semiconductor Lasers IV, (14 April 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.345426

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