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OPTICS LETTERS
Volume 37, Issue 5, Pages 942-944Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OL.37.000942
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- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Zeno-Based Optoelectronics program [W31P4Q-09-1-0012]
- Center for Integrated Access Network Engineering Research Center [EEC-0812072]
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research Center for Organic Materials for All-Optical Switching Multi-University Research Initiative [FA9550-10-1-0558]
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We report on a new platform for all-optical switching based on inverse Raman scattering in liquids. Narrowband switching, which could be suitable for wavelength-division-multiplexed applications, is demonstrated using integrated liquid-core optical fiber infiltrated with both neat liquids (CCl4 and CS2) as well as an organic chromophore (beta-carotene) dissolved in CCl4. Compared to standard glass optical fibers, these liquids have much larger Raman loss coefficients, which help reduce the pump power by at least an order of magnitude. Further improvements can be expected with the development of highly soluble organic compounds possessing large Raman cross sections. (C) 2012 Optical Society of America
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