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All-optical power-controlled switching in wave mixing: application to semiconductor-doped glasses

H. MaDepartamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 50739 Recife, BrazilAnderson S. L. GomesDepartamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 50739 Recife, BrazilCid B. de AraújoDepartamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 50739 Recife, Brazil
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ABI

Abstract

An all-optical power-controlled switch is described. It is based on the modulation of self-diffracted beams by a control beam that modifies the third-order grating excited in a nonlinear medium. The experimental results obtained by using Cd(S, Se)-doped glasses are in agreement with the theoretical predictions. For an application, we also report the generation of dark pulses with subnanosecond width based on the studied process.

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