Ultrafast all-optical chalcogenide glass photonic circuits

Date

2007-07-12

Authors

Ta'eed, Vahid G
Baker, Neil J
Fu, Libin
Finsterbusch, Klaus
Lamont, Michael R E
Moss, D J
Nguyen, Hong
Eggleton, Benjamin J
Madden, Steve
Luther-Davies, Barry

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Optical Society of America

Abstract

Chalcogenide glasses offer large ultrafast third-order nonlinearities, low two-photon absorption and the absence of free carrier absorption in a photosensitive medium. This unique combination of properties is nearly ideal for all-optical signal processing devices. In this paper we review the key properties of these materials, outline progress in the field and focus on several recent highlights: high quality gratings, signal regeneration, pulse compression and wavelength conversion.

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general, nonlinear optics, fibers, nonlinear optics, integrated optics, ultrafast nonlinear optics, waveguides, planar, ultrafast processes in fibers

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Optics Express 15.15 (2007): 9205-9221

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Optics Express

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