Effect of carrier depletion on optical phase conjugation in a semiconductor laser amplifier

Senfar Wen, Sien Chi
1995 Optics Letters  
The temporal effect of optical phase conjugation in a semiconductor laser amplifier is studied numerically. The conjugate pulse has distortion and frequency chirping owing to the carrier depletion induced by the signal pulse. Both the pulse-shape distortion and frequency chirping are enhanced as the signal power and the injection current increase. We can reduce these two effects by increasing the pump power to reduce the carrier-density depletion induced by the signal pulse. 0146-9592/95/060590-03$6.00/0
doi:10.1364/ol.20.000590 pmid:19859265 fatcat:moyemjlps5gp7ag3ovghtt3v6m