Title :
Optical sampling using nondegenerate four-wave mixing in a semiconductor laser amplifier
Author :
Jinno, Masahiko ; Schlager, J.B. ; Franzen, D.L.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO
fDate :
9/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Picosecond optical sampling using nondegenerate four-wave mixing in a semiconductor laser amplifier (SLA) is demonstrated for the first time. High-peak-power pulses and electrical gating of the SLA produce an optical sampling signal with a high signal-to-noise ratio
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; multiwave mixing; semiconductor lasers; electrical gating; high-peak-power pulses; nondegenerate four-wave mixing; picosecond optical sampling; semiconductor laser amplifier; signal-to-noise ratio;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19941043
