Open AccessThree-channel all-optical routing in a Pr^3+:Y_2SiO_5 crystal
Author(s) -
Haihua Wang,
Yun-Fei Fan,
Rong Wang,
Dun-Mao Du,
Xiaojun Zhang,
ZhiHui Kang,
Yun Jiang,
Jin-Hui Wu,
JinYue Gao
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.17.012197
Subject(s) - electromagnetically induced transparency , channel (broadcasting) , optics , routing (electronic design automation) , materials science , optical switch , quantum channel , optoelectronics , quantum information , computer science , physics , telecommunications , computer network , quantum , quantum mechanics
We experimentally demonstrate a three-channel all-optical routing based on light storage in a Pr(3+):Y(2)SiO(5) crystal. By switching off the control field under the condition of electromagnetically induced transparency, the optical information of the probe light pulse can be stored in the crystal. When three retrieve control fields are switched on in the release process, the stored optical information from one light channel can be transferred (or distributed) into three different light channels. Also we show that this all-optical routing can be time-delayed. Such a multichannel all-optical routing in solids may have practical applications in quantum information and all-optical network.