Nonlinear conversion efficiency of InAs/InP nanostructured Fabry-Perot lasers

Heming Huang, Kevin Schires, Mohamed Chaibi, Philip Poole, Didier Erasme, Frédéric Grillot

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Abstract

Non-degenerate four-wave mixing effects are investigated in an injection-locked InAs/InP nanostructure Fabry-Perot laser. Locking a longitudinal mode at various wavelengths within the gain spectrum and using the locked mode as the pump for the wave mixing shows different levels of asymmetry between up-and down-conversion. Experiments reveal that the normalized conversion efficiency is less asymmetric when the pump is locked at wavelengths below that of the gain peak. The values of nonlinear conversion efficiencies are maintained above-60 dB for pump-probe frequency detunings up to 3.5 THz. The role of the linewidth enhancement factor on the asymmetry is discussed and the value of the nonlinear susceptibility is compared to similar InAs/InP nanostructure semiconductor optical amplifiers. From an end-user viewpoint, data transmission experiments have also confirmed the possibility to propagate up-converted signals over 100 km at a 5 Gb/s bit rate under an OOK modulation format.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPhysics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XXIII
EditorsBernd Witzigmann, Yasuhiko Arakawa, Fritz Henneberger, Marek Osinski
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781628414479
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event23rd SPIE Conference on Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 9 Feb 201512 Feb 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume9357
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

Conference23rd SPIE Conference on Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period9/02/1512/02/15

Keywords

  • four-wave mixing
  • injection-locking
  • quantum dots
  • semiconductor lasers
  • transmission

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