Four-wave mixing in a laser diode gain medium induced by the feedback from a high-<i>Q</i> microring resonator

Daria M. Sokol; Nikita Yu Dmitriev; Dmitry A. Chermoshentsev; Sergey N. Koptyaev; Anatoly V. Masalov; Valery E. Lobanov; Igor A. Bilenko; Artem E. Shitikov

doi:10.1364/PRJ.532984

Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 1, 59(2025)

Four-wave mixing in a laser diode gain medium induced by the feedback from a high-Q microring resonator

Daria M. Sokol^1,2、†, Nikita Yu Dmitriev^1,2、†, Dmitry A. Chermoshentsev^1,2,3, Sergey N. Koptyaev¹, Anatoly V. Masalov^1,4, Valery E. Lobanov¹, Igor A. Bilenko^1,5, and Artem E. Shitikov^1、*

Author Affiliations

¹Russian Quantum Center, Moscow 143026, Russia

²Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), Dolgoprudny 141701, Russia

³Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow 143025, Russia

⁴Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia

⁵Faculty of Physics, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia

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Daria M. Sokol, Nikita Yu Dmitriev, Dmitry A. Chermoshentsev, Sergey N. Koptyaev, Anatoly V. Masalov, Valery E. Lobanov, Igor A. Bilenko, Artem E. Shitikov, "Four-wave mixing in a laser diode gain medium induced by the feedback from a high-Q microring resonator," Photonics Res. 13, 59 (2025)

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Paper Information

Category: Nonlinear Optics

Received: Jun. 21, 2024

Accepted: Oct. 24, 2024

Published Online: Dec. 16, 2024

The Author Email: Artem E. Shitikov (a.shitikov@rqc.ru)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.532984

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