INVESTIGATION OF CARRIER HEATING AND SPECTRAL HOLE-BURNING IN SEMICONDUCTOR AMPLIFIERS BY HIGHLY NONDEGENERATE 4-WAVE-MIXING

Authors
DOTTAVI A IANNONE E MECOZZI A SCOTTI S SPANO P LANDREAU J OUGAZZADEN A BOULEY JC
Citation
A. Dottavi et al., INVESTIGATION OF CARRIER HEATING AND SPECTRAL HOLE-BURNING IN SEMICONDUCTOR AMPLIFIERS BY HIGHLY NONDEGENERATE 4-WAVE-MIXING, Applied physics letters, 64(19), 1994, pp. 2492-2494
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036951
Volume
64
Issue
19
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2492 - 2494
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(1994)64:19<2492:IOCHAS>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A highly nondegenerate (up to 1 THz) four-wave mixing experiment is pe rformed in a bulk semiconductor amplifier. The simultaneous presence o f carrier heating and spectral hole burning shows up in a four-wave mi xing experiment. A simple physical picture is given that explains the relative weight of the two saturation mechanisms in active semiconduct or devices.