Title :
All-optical switching at ultra-low light levels
Author :
Zhang, Jiepeng ; Hernandez, Gessler ; Zhu, Yifu
Author_Institution :
Florida Int. Univ., Miami
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453525