Nearly degenerate four-wave mixing in laser diodes subject to strong probe injection power

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 876-883

  Tang, J M ^a,b,c   Shore, K A ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XI AN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND PRECISION MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Four wave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

FOUR WAVE MIXING; GAIN CONTROL; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PUMPING (LASER);

CARRIER DIFFUSION; GAIN COMPRESSION; GAIN SATURATION; PUMP DEPLETION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0032073965     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.669025     Document Type: Article

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