DocumentCode
1687375
Title
Progress of Chalcogenide Glass Fibers
Author
Sanghera, J.S. ; Shaw, L.B. ; Pureza, P. ; Nguyen, V.Q. ; Gibson, D. ; Aggarwal, I.D. ; Florea, C.M. ; Kung, F.
Author_Institution
Res. Lab., Washington
fYear
2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
High nonlinearity and large IR transparency make these fibers well suited for compact Raman amplifiers, supercontinuum generation and other mid-IR sources. As2S3 fiber has record high theoretical gain compared with silica fiber for slow-light applications.
Keywords
arsenic compounds; chalcogenide glasses; glass fibres; optical fibre fabrication; supercontinuum generation; transparency; As2S3; IR transparency; chalcogenide glass fibers; compact Raman amplifiers; nonlinearity; slow light; supercontinuum generation; Brillouin scattering; Fiber nonlinear optics; Glass; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Optical wavelength conversion; Silicon compounds; Stimulated emission; Supercontinuum generation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-831-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348837
Filename
4348837
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