• DocumentCode
    2315625
  • Title

    Ge11.5As24Se64.5 chalcogenide glass nanowires with a nonlinear parameter of 136,000W−1km−1 at 1550nm

  • Author

    Gai, Xin ; Choi, Duk-Yong ; Madden, Steve ; Bulla, Douglas ; Luther-Davies, Barry

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    12-15 Dec. 2010
  • Firstpage
    231
  • Lastpage
    232
  • Abstract
    We have fabricated nanowires from Ge11.5As24Se64.5 glass. The loss of nanowire was measured to be 2.6dB/cm for fundamental TM mode. The nonlinear coefficient (γ) was determined to be ≈136±7W-1m-1 at 1550nm. Supercontinuum (SC) was produced in an 18mm long nanowire.
  • Keywords
    arsenic compounds; chalcogenide glasses; germanium compounds; nanofabrication; nanowires; semiconductor growth; semiconductor quantum wires; supercontinuum generation; Ge11.5As24Se64.5; chalcogenide glass nanowires; fundamental TM mode; nanowire loss; nonlinear coefficient; nonlinear parameter; size 18 mm; supercontinuum spanning; wavelength 1550 nm; Absorption; Loss measurement; Monitoring; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices (COMMAD), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Canberra, ACT
  • ISSN
    1097-2137
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7334-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1097-2137
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/COMMAD.2010.5699755
  • Filename
    5699755