• DocumentCode
    689693
  • Title

    Third-order nonlinearities of Ge28Sb12Se60 for waveguide devices

  • Author

    Krogstad, Molly R. ; Rengnath, Elisabeth ; Wounjhang Park ; Gopinath, Juliet T.

  • Author_Institution
    Depts. of Phys. & Electr., Comput., & Energy Eng., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The optical nonlinearities of the chalcogenide Ge28Sb12Se60 are studied using the z-scan technique with femtosecond and picosecond laser pulses at 1.0 μm. Results indicate this glass shows promise for nonlinear optical waveguide devices.
  • Keywords
    antimony compounds; chalcogenide glasses; germanium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; nonlinear optics; optical glass; optical materials; optical waveguides; Ge28Sb12Se60; chalcogenide glass; femtosecond laser pulses; nonlinear optical waveguide devices; picosecond laser pulses; third-order nonlinearities; wavelength 1.0 mum; z-scan technique; Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Optical waveguides; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6834080