Open AccessAll-optical image switching in a double-Λ system
Author(s) -
Bongjune Kim,
Cheol Oh,
Byoung Uk Sohn,
DoKyeong Ko,
Hyung Tak Kim,
Chanho Jung,
Myoung Kyu Oh,
Nan Yu,
Bok Hyeon Kim,
Hyon Chol Kang
Publication year - 2013
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.21.014215
Subject(s) - optics , pixel , phase (matter) , optical switch , transmission (telecommunications) , physics , inscribed figure , laser , optical image , image (mathematics) , computer science , telecommunications , artificial intelligence , mathematics , quantum mechanics , geometry
The coherent control of optical images has garnered attention because all information embedded in optical images is expected to be controlled in a parallel way. One of the most important control processes is switch for information delivery. We experimentally demonstrated phase-controlled optical image switching in a double-Λ system where the transmission of the image through a medium was switched. Two independent laser sources were adopted for a double-Λ system such that images inscribed in two weak probe light beams were incoherent with each other. Arbitrary phase was added to the optical images to show that switching could be accomplished just with the relative phase difference between the probe pixels.