Nondegenerate Four-Wave Mixing in a Dual-Mode Injection-Locked InAs/InP(100) Nanostructure Laser

Cheng Wang (1) , Frédéric Grillot (2) , Fan-Yi Lin (3) , Ivan Aldaya (2, 4) , Thomas Batte (1) , Christophe Gosset (2) , Etienne Decerle (5) , Jacky Even (1)

1 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON
2 LTCI - Laboratoire Traitement et Communication de l'Information
3 NTHU - National Tsing Hua University [Hsinchu]
4 ITESM - Tecnológico de Monterrey = Monterrey Institute of Technology
5 Yenista Optics - Yenista Optics

The nondegenerate four-wave mixing (NDFWM) characteristics in a quantum-dot Fabry-Perot laser are investigated, employing the dual-mode injection-locking technique. The solitary laser features two lasing peaks, which provides the possibility for efficient FWM generation. Under optical injection, the NDFWM is operated up to a detuning range of 1.7 THz with a low injection ratio of 0.42. The normalized conversion efficiency (NCE) and the side-mode suppression ratio (SMSR) with respect to the converted signal are analyzed. The highest NCE of 17 dB associated with a SMSR of 20.3 dB is achieved at detuning of 110 GHz.

Mots clés: Quantum dot laser; injection locking; four-wave mixing

Domaines: Optique / photonique; Optique [physics.optics]

Cheng Wang, Frédéric Grillot, Fan-Yi Lin, Ivan Aldaya, Thomas Batte, et al.. Nondegenerate Four-Wave Mixing in a Dual-Mode Injection-Locked InAs/InP(100) Nanostructure Laser. IEEE Photonics Journal, 2014, 6 (1), pp.1500408. ⟨10.1109/JPHOT.2013.2295473⟩. ⟨hal-00942561⟩