Observation of a second-order nonlinear susceptibility in As/sub 2/S/sub 3/ chalcogenide thin glass films

Author

Quiquempols, Y. ; Villeneuve, A. ; Dam, D. ; Turcotte, K. ; Maler, J. ; Stegeman, G. ; Lacroix, Simon

Author_Institution

Lab. de Fibres Opt., Ecole Polytech. de Montreal, Que., Canada

fYear

2000

fDate

10-15 Sept. 2000

Abstract

Summary form only given. Recently, there has been increasing interest in chalcogenide glasses (ChG) due to their possible applications in optical telecommunications. For example, ChG have been used to make Bragg gratings and optical switching devices. In this paper, we report the first demonstration to our knowledge of the creation of a large second-order nonlinear susceptibility /spl chi//sup (2)/ in As/sub 2/S/sub 3/ chalcogenide glasses.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; arsenic compounds; chalcogenide glasses; nonlinear optical susceptibility; optical films; optical glass; optical switches; As/sub 2/S/sub 3/ chalcogenide glasses; As/sub 2/S/sub 3/ chalcogenide thin glass film; Bragg gratings; large second-order nonlinear susceptibility; optical switching devices; optical telecommunications; second-order nonlinear susceptibility; Glass; Gratings; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical films; Optical pumping; Peak to average power ratio; Silicon compounds;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 Conference on

Conference_Location

Nice

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6319-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2000.910213

Filename

910213