All-optical-switching demonstration using two-photon absorption and the Zeno effect

作者:Hendrickson S M*; Weiler C N; Camacho R M; Rakich P T; Young A I; Shaw M J; Pittman T B; Franson J D; Jacobs B C
来源:Physical Review A, 2013, 87(2): 023808.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.87.023808

摘要

Low-contrast all-optical Zeno switching has been demonstrated in a Si3N4 microdisk resonator coupled to warm atomic vapor. The device is based on the suppression of the resonant microcavity field buildup due to nondegenerate two-photon absorption. This experiment used one beam in a resonator and one in free space due to limitations related to device physics. These results suggest that a similar scheme with both beams resonant in the cavity would correspond to input power levels below 150 nW. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.87.023808

  • 出版日期2013-2-7