We review our recent experiments demonstrating a hollow-core photonic-crystal fiber loaded with laser-cooled atomic vapor as a system for all-optical switching with pulses containing few hundred photons. Additionally, we discuss the outlooks for improving the efficiency of this switching scheme and present preliminary results geared toward using the system as a photon-number resolving detector.
Published in:
Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
(Volume:18
,
Issue:
6
)
Date of Publication: Nov.-Dec. 2012