• 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