• DocumentCode
    3022509
  • Title

    All-optical switching at ultra-low light levels

  • Author

    Zhang, Jiepeng ; Hernandez, Gessler ; Zhu, Yifu

  • Author_Institution
    Florida Int. Univ., Miami
  • 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 lambda2 /(2 pi).
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; optical switches; all-optical switching; atomic cross section; energy density; light pulses; ultralow light levels; Absorption; Frequency; Interference; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Lighting control; Optical control; Optical coupling; Physics; Switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453525
  • Filename
    4453525
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3022509