Strong Bragg gratings in chalcogenide glass waveguides

Author

Spalter, S. ; Hwang, H.Y. ; Rogers, J. ; Katsufuji, T. ; Lenz, G. ; Cheong, S.-W. ; Slusher, R.E. ; Kelsey, A. ; MacLeod, B.

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

7-12 May 2000

Firstpage

211

Abstract

Summary form only given. Recently, chalcogenide glasses have generated much interest because of Kerr nonlinearities, which can be up to 600 times higher than in silica glass at the 1.55-/spl mu/m communication wavelength. Possible applications include low peak power, ultrafast all-optical switching using waveguide lengths of only a few centimeters embedded in a photonic circuit. Bragg gratings take an important place among the useful integrated components. They can be used as wavelength selective elements in wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) networks or as dispersion-compensating elements. We present novel technique for fabricating strong Bragg gratings in chalcogenide glass waveguides.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; chalcogenide glasses; holographic gratings; optical Kerr effect; optical fabrication; optical glass; optical planar waveguides; optical waveguide components; photoresists; 1.55 mum; Bragg gratings; GaSeTe; Kerr nonlinearities; chalcogenide glass waveguides; chalcogenide glasses; communication wavelength; dispersion-compensating elements; integrated components; low peak power ultrafast all-optical switching; photonic circuit; silica glass; strong Bragg gratings; waveguide lengths; wavelength selective elements; wavelength-division multiplexing networks; Bragg gratings; Glass; Nanoscale devices; Optical device fabrication; Optical polymers; Optical waveguides;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-634-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2000.906923

Filename

906923