Dynamic Holography in Quantum Well Cavities

摘要

High efficiency dynamic holography at 1.55 microns is achieved on a broad-area InP based multiple quantum well devices. The quantum well cavity is sandwiched between a DBR and amorphous mirror, and consists of a number of wells. High energy pulsed writing beams at 1.06 microns generate free carrier gratings which are probed by a 1.55 micron tunable laser in a four wave mixing configuration. Diffraction efficiency into a single order of 30% has been achieved by contribution of a phase grating, mode pulling and asymmetric Fabry-Perot reflection.