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NASA NTRS · 20080005975

Fast all-optical switch

Abstract

An apparatus and method wherein polarization rotation in alkali vapors or other mediums is used for all-optical switching and digital logic and where the rate of operation is proportional to the amplitude of the pump field. High rates of speed are accomplished by Rabi flopping of the atomic states using a continuously operating monochromatic atomic beam as the pump.

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Shay, Thomas M., Poliakov, Evgeni Y., Hazzard, David A.. 2001-11-06. Fast all-optical switch. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20080005975

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