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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348837
