• 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