Highly nondegenerate four-wave mixing in semiconductor laser oscillators

A complete model to evaluate frequency conversion that is due to highly nondegenerate four-wave mixing in Fabry-Perot laser oscillators is presented; propagation effects are taken into account. Simplified expressions are obtained in the limit of perfectly reflecting mirrors that permit analytical so...

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Published in:Optics letters 1995-08, Vol.20 (15), p.1643-1645
Main Authors: Bava, G P, Osella, G, Debernardi, P
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:A complete model to evaluate frequency conversion that is due to highly nondegenerate four-wave mixing in Fabry-Perot laser oscillators is presented; propagation effects are taken into account. Simplified expressions are obtained in the limit of perfectly reflecting mirrors that permit analytical solutions; they are in good agreement with the results of the numerical analysis. Examples of results exhibit interesting features such as a correction factor for the relaxation frequency peak, good conversion gain up to the terahertz region, and complex behavior of the frequency response near side-mode resonances.
ISSN:0146-9592
1539-4794
DOI:10.1364/OL.20.001643