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Efficiency of four-wave mixing in injection-locked InAs/GaAs quantum-dot lasers

Huang, Heming; Arsenijević, Dejan; Schires, K.; Sadeev, T.; Erasme, D.; Bimberg, Dieter; Grillot, Frédéric

Frequency conversion using highly non-degenerate four-wave mixing is investigated in optically injection-locked InAs/GaAs quantum-dot Fabry-Perot lasers with different ridge waveguide dimensions. Conversion efficiencies up to -16 dB with a large optical signal-to-noise ratios of 36 dB are unveiled. The conversion bandwidth is extended to 4 THz with a quasi-symmetrical response between up- and down-converted signals.
Published in: AIP Advances, 10.1063/1.4971271, AIP Publishing