Title :
Low-Light-Level All-Optical Switching
Author :
Yu, Ite A. ; Wang, Chang-Yi ; Chen, Yong-Fan ; Lin, Sheng-Chiun ; Lin, Wei-Hsun ; Kuan, Pei-Chen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu
Abstract :
We propose and experimentally demonstrate an all-optical switch that utilizes the light-storage technique. The energy of the retrieved probe pulse is reduced to 10% due to the presence of the switching pulse with one photon per atomic cross section. A single photon switched by another is feasible in this scheme.
Keywords :
optical switches; light-storage technique; low-light-level all-optical switching; probe pulse energy; switching pulse; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Optical coupling; Optical network units; Optical pulses; Optical switches; Probes; Resonance; Robustness; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1173-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1174-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391670
