FAST HIGH-POWER OPTICAL SWITCH

被引：6

作者：

ABOITES, V

BALDWIN, KJ

CROFTS, GJ

DAMZEN, MJ

机构：

[1] The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London

来源：

OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS | 1993年 / 98卷 / 4-6期

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D O I：

10.1016/0030-4018(93)90199-F

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

Results are presented showing that a dye laser amplifier can be used as an ultrafast high-power optical switch. The operation of the device is based on the fact that absorption (and therefore transmission) of the pump beam in the laser amplifier depends strongly on the intensity of the amplified signal beam. An estimation of the response time of the system is presented. Our calculation and numerical results show that for typical experimental levels of signal intensity a response time of a few picoseconds is obtained. Experimental results obtained provide evidence for the ultrafast switching process described.

引用

页码：298 / 302

页数：5

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