Title :
Nonlinear materials for integrated ultra-fast all-optical devices
Author :
Luther-Davies, B. ; Choi, D.-Y. ; Prasad, A. ; Wang, R. ; Bulla, D. ; Zha, C. ; Pelusi, M. ; Ta´eed, V. ; Lamont, M.R.E. ; Fu, L. ; Moss, D.J. ; Finsterbusch, K. ; Nguyen, H.C. ; Eggleton, B.J.
Author_Institution :
Laser Phys. Centre, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT
Abstract :
This research focuses on several aspects of chalcogenide all-optical processors. This study has chosen glasses in the Ge-As-Se system with the aim of optimising glass composition to obtain low loss, high nonlinearity and glass stability, whilst complementary efforts are focussed on the production, optimisation and application of chalcogenide waveguide devices to all-optical of high-speed telecommunication signals. Devices have been characterised in realistic telecommunications conditions with the eventual aim being to validate performance at rates up to 640 Gb/s.
Keywords :
arsenic compounds; chalcogenide glasses; germanium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical glass; optical waveguides; GeAsSe; bit rate 640 Gbit/s; chalcogenide all-optical processors; chalcogenide waveguide devices; glass composition; glass stability; high-speed telecommunication signals; integrated all-optical devices; nonlinear materials; ultrafast all-optical devices; Fiber nonlinear optics; Glass; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical buffering; Optical devices; Optical materials; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Winter Topical Meeting Series, 2008
Conference_Location :
Sorrento
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1594-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1595-3
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSWT.2008.4444370
