Title :
Long-period gratings in chalcogenide rib waveguides
Author :
Finsterbusch, Klaus ; Baker, Neil ; Ta´eed, Vahid G. ; Eggleton, Benjamin J. ; Choi, Duk ; Madden, Steve ; Luther-Davis, Barry
Author_Institution :
Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst., Sydney Univ., Sydney, NSW
Abstract :
We report on long-period gratings fabricated in highly nonlinear chalcogenide (As2S3) glass rib waveguides. Coupling the fundamental to higher order modes leads to band- rejection of 18 dB at 1525 nm.
Keywords :
arsenic compounds; chalcogenide glasses; diffraction gratings; optical fabrication; optical glass; optical waveguides; rib waveguides; As2Se3; band rejection; chalcogenide glass; chalcogenide rib waveguides; coupling coefficient; long-period gratings; wavelength 1525 nm; Fiber nonlinear optics; Glass; Gratings; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society, 2006. ACOFT/AOS 2006. Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-1-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-1-9
DOI :
10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519264