Observation of highly nondegenerate four-wave mixing (≳1 THz) in an InGaAsP multiple quantum well laser

Abstract

Highly nondegenerate four-wave mixing (NDFWM) in the pump-probe detuning region of more than 1 THz has been observed in an InGaAsP multiple quantum well laser for the first time. Each of the probe and signal frequencies is closed to cavity resonance modes for the pump laser and those outputs are enhanced. The highly NDFWM process is based on a mechanism whose response time is less than 0.2 ps.