Effects of nonlinear gain on four‐wave mixing and asymmetric gain saturation in a semiconductor laser amplifier

Nearly degenerate four‐wave mixing (NDFWM) and asymmetric gain saturation were studied in a 1.5 μm InGaAsP semiconductor laser amplifier at highly saturated conditions (Pout ≫ Psat) and frequency separations up to 500 GHz. Apart from modulation of the carrier density the data reveal a new mechanism of NDFWM with a characteristic time of about 650 fs which takes over when the frequency separation exceeds 100 GHz.

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