Dual-channel all-optical wavelength conversion switching by four-wave mixing

Opt Express. 2009 Dec 7;17(25):23332-7. doi: 10.1364/OE.17.023332.

Abstract

We report an experimental demonstration of dual-channel all-optical wavelength conversion switching in hot Rb vapor. In a four-level atomic system, a coupling field and a pump field interact with both (87)Rb and (85)Rb isotopes simultaneously and facilitate the generation of two nonlinear signals when the probe field is applied to the corresponding transition. Each nonlinear signal is switched on and off separately by the pump field at different frequencies based on four-wave mixing and isotope shifts.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Light
  • Optical Devices*
  • Photons
  • Rubidium / chemistry*
  • Rubidium / radiation effects
  • Scattering, Radiation

Substances

  • Rubidium