4-WAVE-MIXING EFFICIENCY IN TRAVELING-WAVE SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS AT HIGH SATURATION

Authors
DOTTAVI A MECOZZI A SCOTTI S ROMEO FC MARTELLI F SPANO P DALLARA R ECKNER J GUEKOS G
Citation
A. Dottavi et al., 4-WAVE-MIXING EFFICIENCY IN TRAVELING-WAVE SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS AT HIGH SATURATION, Applied physics letters, 67(19), 1995, pp. 2753-2755
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036951
Volume
67
Issue
19
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2753 - 2755
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(1995)67:19<2753:4EITSO>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
We report an experimental investigation of the conversion efficiency o f a frequency converter based on four-wave mixing in semiconductor opt ical amplifiers. We find that the maximum of conversion efficiency has a nonlinear dependence on the unsaturated gain of the device. The obs erved features are explained by the presence of the Auger and bimolecu lar recombination. (C) 1995 American Institute of Physics.