Title :
Development of chalcogenide glasses for use in near-infrared planar waveguide applications
Author :
Richardson, K.A. ; Cardinal, T. ; Shim, H. ; Stegeman, G.I. ; Schulte, A. ; Beatty, R. ; Park, S. ; LeFoulgoc, K. ; Laniel, J.M. ; Villeneuve, A.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Opt., Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. As-S-Se based chalcogenide glasses (ChG) not only exhibit fast response times, low linear and multiphoton absorption in the wavelength of use, but can easily be doped and fabricated in film form. Devices processed using thermal evaporation of multiple glass layers include Bragg grating reflectors, microlens arrays, vertical couplers and active Nd/sup +/ doped components.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; arsenic compounds; chalcogenide glasses; microlenses; optical arrays; optical couplers; optical fabrication; optical films; optical glass; optical planar waveguides; optical waveguide components; As-S-Se based chalcogenide glasses; Bragg grating reflectors; active Nd/sup +/ doped components; chalcogenide glasses; fast response times; low linear absorption; microlens arrays; multiphoton absorption; multiple glass layers; near-infrared planar waveguide applications; solid lasers; thermal evaporation; vertical couplers; waveguide lasers; Fiber lasers; Glass; Optical fibers; Optical films; Optical planar waveguides; Optical polymers; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Polymer films; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-595-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1999.834588
