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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431302
