All-optical switching in an N-type foul-level atom-cavity system

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 17059-17064

  Sheng, Jiteng ^a   Yang, Xihua ^a,b   Khadka, Utsab ^a   Xiao, Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; EXCITONS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; RUBIDIUM;

ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING; ATOM-CAVITY SYSTEMS; ATOMIC VAPOR CELL; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; EXTINCTION RATIOS; INTRA-CAVITY DISPERSION; OPTICAL RING CAVITY; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE; SWITCHING MECHANISM;

SWITCHING;

EID: 80052190878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.017059     Document Type: Article

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