High-resolution optical sampling by means of dispersion-shifted highly nonlinear chalcogenide waveguides

van Erps, Jurgen; Luan, F; Pelusi, Mark; Iredale, Tim; Madden, Steve; Bulla, Douglas; Luther-Davies, Barry; Thienpont, Hugo; Eggleton, Benjamin J; Choi, Duk-Yong

High-resolution optical sampling by means of dispersion-shifted highly nonlinear chalcogenide waveguides

Date

2009

Authors

van Erps, Jurgen

Luan, F

Pelusi, Mark

Iredale, Tim

Madden, Steve

Bulla, Douglas

Luther-Davies, Barry

Thienpont, Hugo

Eggleton, Benjamin J

Choi, Duk-Yong

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc)

Abstract

We demonstrate a photonic-chip-based optical sampling system with temporal resolution <500-fs, making use of a 7-cm short chalcogenide planar waveguide. Its high nonlinearity and dispersion-shifted design enables broadband operation without compromising the achieved resolution.