Observation of highly nondegenerate four-wave mixing in 1.5 mu m traveling-wave semiconductor optical amplifiers and estimation of nonlinear gain coefficient

Kikuchi, K.; Kakui, Motoki; Zah, Chung−En; Lee, T.-P.

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“…The source term is given by (5) where is the response function of the medium (see Appendix A), calculated using the adiabatic approximation for the dynamics of the medium polarization [18].…”

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“…Dispersion compensation using midspan spectral inversion [1], wavelength conversion [2], [3], and demultiplexing of high-bit-rate time-division multiplexed pulse trains [4] are important examples of all-optical signal processing techniques based on FWM, which have been experimentally demonstrated to have a significant potential in future broadband optical networks. In addition, FWM has shown to be a useful spectroscopic technique for investigating the physical origin of ultrafast nonlinearities in active semiconductor waveguides [5]- [8].…”

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Theory of nondegenerate four-wave mixing between pulses in a semiconductor waveguide

Mørk

Mecozzi

1997

IEEE J. Quantum Electron.

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Theory of nondegenerate four-wave mixing between pulses in a semiconductor waveguide

Mørk

Mecozzi

1997

IEEE J. Quantum Electron.

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“…As shown in previous conventional FWM studies, 12,13 contributing mechanisms to FWM are interband carrier number modulation and intraband occupancy modulation. The former is characterized by the interband carrier lifetime which is on the order of several hundred picoseconds in QW amplifier devices.…”

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“…[10][11][12][13] In this paper, we report on the first investigation of interwell transport in an MQW TWA using a novel FWM technique that enables selective excitation and probing of adjacent quantum wells.…”

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Study of interwell carrier transport by terahertz four-wave mixing in an optical amplifier with tensile and compressively strained quantum wells

Zhou

Park

Vahala

et al. 1994

Applied Physics Letters

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Interwell carrier transport in a semiconductor optical amplifier having a structure of alternating tensile and compressively strained quantum wells was studied by four-wave mixing at detuning frequencies up to 1 THz. A calculation of transbarrier transport efficiency is also presented to qualitatively explain the measured signal spectra. © 1994 American Institute of Physics.Interwell carrier transport in semiconductor quantum well ͑QW͒ lasers has been shown to affect both the static and dynamic performance characteristics of these devices, including their maximum modulation bandwidth.1-7 Since Rideout et al.1 first proposed a well-barrier hole burning model, a number of theoretical analyses 2-7 and experimental investigations, including modulation response measurements, 5,6 picosecond pump-probe, 8,9 and intermodulation distortion measurements 10 have studied these processes.Four-wave mixing ͑FWM͒ in semiconductor travelingwave amplifiers ͑TWAs͒ has recently emerged as an important technique for study of carrier dynamics in semiconductor active layers. [10][11][12][13] In this paper, we report on the first investigation of interwell transport in an MQW TWA using a novel FWM technique that enables selective excitation and probing of adjacent quantum wells.The semiconductor optical amplifier used in these measurements was an InGaAs/InGaAsP MQW TWA operating at 1.5 m.14 The active layer contains six alternating-strain ͑tensile and compressive͒ InGaAs QWs. The tensile QWs provide predominantly TM gain, while the compressive QWs provide TE gain but have vanishing TM gain. This device therefore enables selective excitation and probing of wells according to strain. We performed FWM experiments on the device using, first, a probe wave having a polarization orthogonal to the pump waves ͑cross-polarization FWM͒, and then having the same polarization as the pump waves ͑copo-larization FWM͒. The experimental arrangement for this study was similar to what we have described in Ref. 13 except here the input beams were combined using a beam splitter to allow independent polarization control. The FWM signal was measured using a high sensitivity optical heterodyne detection system. Three, single-frequency, tunable, Er-doped fiber ring lasers 15 were used as pump, probe, and local oscillators in the measurements.In a typical measurement, as illustrated in Fig. 1, input beam 1, having optical frequency f 1 and a given polarization ͑either TE or TM͒, and input beam 2, having optical frequency f 2 and a polarization at an angle of 45°with respect to beam 1, were coupled into the TWA. For the configuration shown in Fig. 1, TM-polarized beam 1 and the TM component of beam 2 serve as pumps to excite carriers in the tensile wells through interband transitions. Carrier dynamics in the compressive QWs were then probed using the TE-polarized component of beam 2 ͑cross-polarization FWM͒, while carrier dynamics in the tensile QWs were probed using the TMpolarized component of beam 2 ͑copolarization FWM͒. The cross-polarized ͑TE͒ and copolariz...

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Frequency conversion in semiconductor lasers and amplifiers

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Castelli

Debernardi

et al. 1994

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Observation of highly nondegenerate four-wave mixing in 1.5 mu m traveling-wave semiconductor optical amplifiers and estimation of nonlinear gain coefficient

Cited by 133 publications

References 22 publications

Theory of nondegenerate four-wave mixing between pulses in a semiconductor waveguide

Theory of nondegenerate four-wave mixing between pulses in a semiconductor waveguide

Study of interwell carrier transport by terahertz four-wave mixing in an optical amplifier with tensile and compressively strained quantum wells

Frequency conversion in semiconductor lasers and amplifiers

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