Dynamics of all-optical switching in C60 and its application to optical logic gates

Optical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 426-431

  Singh, C P ^a   Roy, Sukhdev ^a  

^a DAYALBAGH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

All optical switching; Fullerene C60; Logic gates; Molecular electronics; Nonlinear optics; Optical computing

Indexed keywords

FULLERENES; LASER BEAMS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LOGIC GATES; NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EXCITED STATE ABSORPTION; MULTIPLE PUMP LASER PULSES; PEAK PUMPING INTENSITY;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 1942488158     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1637905     Document Type: Article

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