DocumentCode
2786948
Title
All-optical switching at ultra-low light levels
Author
Zhang, Jiepeng ; Hernandez, Gessler ; Zhu, Yifu
Author_Institution
Department of Physics Florida International University Miami, 33199 USA
fYear
2007
fDate
6-11 May 2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We report an experimental demonstration of all-optical switching with the signal and control light pulses containing about 20 photons each, corresponding to a control energy density of ¿10-5 photons per atomic cross section ¿2/(2¿).
Keywords
Absorption; Frequency; Interference; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Lighting control; Optical control; Optical coupling; Physics; Switches;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-834-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431302
Filename
4431302
Link To Document