All-optical parallel switching by the use of guided wave geometry composed of a thin silver film and a polymer thin film containing organic dye

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3466, Issue , 1998, Pages 212-221

  Nagamura, Toshihiko ^a   Sasaki, Kyoichi ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

all optical switch; guided mode thin film; Kramers Kronig relationship; organic dyes; photochromic; photoinduced changes of a complex refractive index; reflection; silver and polymer thin films; transient absorption

Indexed keywords

EXCITED STATES; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LASER EXCITATION; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHOTOCHROMISM; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; PULSED LASERS; REFLECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SWITCHING; THIN FILMS;

ALL OPTICAL SWITCH; COMPLEX REFRACTIVE INDEX; GUIDED MODES; KRAMERS-KRONIG RELATIONSHIP; ORGANIC DYE; PHOTOCHROMIC; POLYMER THIN FILMS; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION;

SILVER;

EID: 0000364405     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.326783     Document Type: Conference Paper

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