Kieu K, Schneebeli L, Hales JM, Perry JW, Norwood RA, Peyghambarian N. Demonstration of Zeno switching through inverse Raman scattering in an optical fiber.
OPTICS EXPRESS 2011;
19:12532-12539. [PMID:
21716494 DOI:
10.1364/oe.19.012532]
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Abstract
We report the observation of Zeno switching through an inverse Raman scattering (IRS) process in an optical fiber. In IRS, light at the anti-Stokes frequency is strongly attenuated in the presence of a pump field, allowing it to be used for all-optical switching and modulation. Our observed level of induced absorption via IRS in the optical fiber is > 20 dB in a time scale of less than 5 ps. The full Raman response spectrum was extracted experimentally and excellent agreement was found between the experimental data and theoretical modeling of IRS.
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