Tunable all-optical Kerr switch based on a cavity optomechanical system with a Bose-Einstein condensate

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2007-2013

  Chen, Bin ^a   Jiang, Cheng ^a   Zhu, Ka Di ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON OPTICS; INFORMATION SERVICES; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM OPTICS; STEAM CONDENSERS;

ALL-OPTICAL; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; KERR RESPONSE; LOW POWER; OPTOMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PUMP BEAMS; QUANTUM INFORMATION;

STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

EID: 79961095173     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.002007     Document Type: Article

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