HIGH SATURATION BEHAVIOR OF THE 4-WAVE-MIXING SIGNAL IN SEMICONDUCTOR AMPLIFIERS

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MECOZZI, A [1 ]
DOTTAVI, A [1 ]
ROMEO, FC [1 ]
SPANO, P [1 ]
DALLARA, R [1 ]
GUEKOS, G [1 ]
ECKNER, J [1 ]
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[1] ETH ZURICH,INST QUANTUM ELECTR,CH-8093 ZURICH,SWITZERLAND
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10.1063/1.113851
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We show by a simple model that, in semiconductor amplifiers, the functional dependence of the four-wave mixing signal on the output power of pump and probe depends on the underlying optical nonlinearity. The observation, at different pump-probe detunings, of a different dependence of the conjugate power on pump and probe output permits the identification of the dominant optical nonlinearity at a given detuning.© 1995 American Institute of Physics.
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