Single shot multi-channel demultiplexing at 1.55 /spl mu/m by using an optical Kerr gate of an organic dye film

We report single-shot demultiplexing of optical pulses at 1.55 /spl mu/m. Using an organic dye film as a two-dimensional optical switch, we succeeded to observe conversion of 1 Tbit/s serial femtosecond laser pulses into parallel pulses.