Title :
Sub nanosecond electroholographic switching
Author :
Sapiens, Noam ; Weissbrod, Aharon ; Agranat, Aharon J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem, Israel
Abstract :
Electroholographic switching with rise-time of less than a nanosecond is henceforth demonstrated. The switching was done in theg44 configurationin which the Bragg condition is fulfilled for a single value of the electric field.
Keywords :
electro-optical switches; high-speed optical techniques; holographic gratings; optical communication equipment; optical switches; wavelength division multiplexing; Bragg condition; WDM networks; electric field; electroholographic grating; g44 configuration; sub nanosecond electroholographic switching; Bragg gratings; Computer science; Diffraction gratings; Optical diffraction; Optical packet switching; Optical refraction; Photonics Society; Physics; Voltage; WDM networks; 090.2890; 090.7330; 250.6715; 320.4240;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
