Author :
Eggleton, B.J. ; Ta´eed, V.G. ; Baker, N. ; Choi, D.-Y. ; Finsterbusch, K. ; Fu, L.B. ; Lamont, M.R.E. ; Littler, I.C.M. ; Luther-Davies, B. ; Madden, S. ; Moss, D.J. ; Nguyen, H. ; Shokooh-Saremi, M.
Abstract :
Review of recent achievements in chalcogenide glass waveguide and fiber based all- optical signal processing devices utilizing both short and long period gratings as well as the inherent ultra-fast, ultra-strong, third-order nonlinearities.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; chalcogenide glasses; optical signal detection; optical waveguides; signal processing equipment; all optical signal conditioning; chalcogenide glass waveguides; grating devices; third order nonlinearities; Bragg gratings; Fiber nonlinear optics; Glass; Integrated optics; Optical devices; Optical refraction; Optical signal processing; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion;