Polarization properties of four-wave mixing in strained semiconductor optical amplifiers

Author

Paiella, Roberto ; Hunziker, Guido ; Zhou, Jianhui ; Vahala, Kerry J. ; Koren, Uzi ; Miller, Barry I.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

8

Issue

6

fYear

1996

fDate

6/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

773

Lastpage

775

Abstract

We present a theoretical and experimental study of the polarization properties of the four-wave mixing susceptibility of highly-strained multiquantum-well optical amplifiers and show how the intensity and polarization of the four-wave mixing signal depend on the polarization of the input waves. We demonstrate the validity of our model by generating a wavelength-converted signal having a polarization orthogonal to that of the pump wave at the output of the amplifier. In addition, we discuss the possibility of making the conversion efficiency independent of the input signal polarization by proper selection of the pump polarization.

Keywords

laser theory; light polarisation; multiwave mixing; nonlinear optical susceptibility; optical frequency conversion; quantum well lasers; SOA; conversion efficiency; four-wave mixing; four-wave mixing susceptibility; highly-strained multiquantum-well optical amplifiers; input signal polarization; intensity; orthogonal polarization; polarization properties; pump polarization; pump wave; strained semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength-converted signal; Four-wave mixing; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.502090

Filename

502090