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Jun 7, 2022

A novel all-optical switching method makes optical computing and communication systems more power-efficient

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics, sustainability

A group of photonics researchers at Tampere University have introduced a novel method to control a light beam with another beam through a unique plasmonic metasurface in a linear medium at ultra-low power. This simple linear switching method makes nanophotonic devices such as optical computing and communication systems more sustainable, requiring low intensity of light.

All– is the modulation of signal light due to control light in such a way that it possesses the on/off conversion function. In general, a can be modulated with another intense laser beam in the presence of a nonlinear medium.

The switching method developed by the researchers is fundamentally based on the quantum optical phenomenon known as Enhancement of Index of Refraction (EIR).

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