Title :
Chalcogenide materials for nonlinear photonics in the near and middle infrared
Author :
Luther-Davies, Barry
Author_Institution :
Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
Abstract :
Chalcogenide glasses have amongst the highest third order nonlinearity of any amorphous material, negligible nonlinear absorption and excellent mid infrared transparency. This talk summarizes recent progress on nonlinear devices based on chalcogenide glass waveguides.
Keywords :
chalcogenide glasses; nonlinear optics; optical glass; optical waveguides; transparency; amorphous material; chalcogenide glass waveguides; chalcogenide materials; mid infrared transparency; near infrared transparency; nonlinear absorption; nonlinear devices; nonlinear photonics; third order nonlinearity; Absorption; Glass; Nonlinear optics; Optical waveguides; Optimized production technology; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology, 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference and Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
