An analytical solution to the problem of nondegenerate four wave mixing in a semiconductor optical amplifier emphasizing operation with short optical pulses is described. Calculated conversion efficiencies for pulses are significantly larger than for cw fields and are pulse width dependent. Conditions for optimum conversion efficiencies in terms of the pump input energy and the relative temporal alignment between the pulses are presented.
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Shtaif et al. (1995) studied this question.