• DocumentCode
    689029
  • Title

    Chalcogenide glass waveguides for the mid-infrared

  • Author

    Luther-Davies, Barry ; Pan Ma ; Madden, Steve ; Duk-Yong Choi ; Zhiyong Yang ; Rongping Wang

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report low loss air clad Ge11.5As24Se64.5 chalcogenide glass rib waveguides fabricated on MgF2 crystal substrates for applications as optical sensors. Losses as low as 0.5 dB/cm in the 4.7-5.4 μm band have been obtained.
  • Keywords
    arsenic compounds; chalcogenide glasses; germanium compounds; optical fabrication; optical glass; optical losses; optical sensors; optical waveguides; rib waveguides; selenium compounds; Ge11.5As24Se64.5; MgF2; crystal substrates; low loss air clad chalcogenide glass rib waveguides; mid-infrared region; optical sensors; Loss measurement; Optical device fabrication; Optical films; Optical losses; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833409