All-optical switching and storage in a four-level tripod-type atomic system

Optics Communications

Volumn 268, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 146-154

  Anton M A ^a   Calderón, Oscar G ^a   Melle, Sonia ^a   Gonzalo, I ^a   Carreno F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atomic coherence; Multilevel atoms; Optical bistability; Optical switching

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; HYSTERESIS; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

HYSTERESIS CURVES; MULTILEVEL ATOMS; OPTICAL SIGNALS; OPTICAL SWITCHING;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 33750633947     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2006.06.079     Document Type: Article

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