Nondegenerate four-wave mixing in a long-cavity λ/4-shifted DFB laser using its lasing beam as pump beams

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2002-2010

  Kuwatsuka, H ^b   Shoji, H ^b   Matsuda, M ^b   Ishikawa, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distributed feedback lasers; Four wave mixing; Phase conjugate beams; Semiconductor lasers; Wavelength conversion

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; PUMPING (LASER); RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

FABRY-PEROT RESONANCE; NONLINEAR SUSCEPTIBILITIES; PHASE CONJUGATE BEAMS; WAVELENGTH CONVERTERS;

FOUR WAVE MIXING;

EID: 0031272507     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.641316     Document Type: Article

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