• DocumentCode
    3434267
  • Title

    Low loss etched Ge33As12Se55 chalcogenide waveguides

  • Author

    Madden, Steve ; Choi, Duk ; Rode, Andrei ; Luther-Davies, Barry

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Ultra-high Bandwidth Devices & Opt. Syst., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    10-13 July 2006
  • Firstpage
    75
  • Lastpage
    75
  • Abstract
    We report on the fabrication and optical properties of etched Ge33As12Se55 chalcogenide planar waveguides. These show optical losses as low as 0.27 dB/cm at 1550 nm, the lowest ever reported, and are therefore of significant interest for planar non-linear optics.
  • Keywords
    arsenic compounds; chalcogenide glasses; etching; germanium compounds; integrated optics; nonlinear optics; optical fabrication; optical glass; optical losses; optical planar waveguides; Ge33As12Se55; etched chalcogenide glass waveguide; optical losses; optical planar waveguide fabrication; planar nonlinear optics; wavelength 1550 nm; Etching; Glass; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical films; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519311
  • Filename
    4519311