Title :
Ge11.5As24Se64.5 chalcogenide glass nanowires with a nonlinear parameter of 136,000W−1 km−1 at 1550nm
Author :
Xin Gai ; Duk-Yong Choi ; Madden, S. ; Bulla, D. ; Luther-Davies, Barry
Author_Institution :
Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
Abstract :
We have fabricated nanowires from Ge11.5As24Se64.5 glass. The loss of nanowire was measured to be 2.6dB/cm for fundamental TM mode. The nonlinear coefficient (γ) was determined to be ≈136±7W-1 m-1 at 1550nm. Supercontinuum (SC) was produced in an 18mm long nanowire.
Keywords :
arsenic compounds; chalcogenide glasses; germanium compounds; nanofabrication; nanophotonics; nanowires; optical fabrication; optical glass; optical losses; selenium compounds; supercontinuum generation; Ge11.5As24Se64.5; chalcogenide glass nanowires; fundamental TM mode; nonlinear coefficient; nonlinear parameter; optical loss; size 18 mm; supercontinuum generation; wavelength 1550 nm; Dispersion; Glass; Loss measurement; Measurement by laser beam; Nanowires; Nonlinear optics; Optical waveguides; Glass Waveguides; Nonlinear optics; integrated optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT), 2010 35th Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
DOI :
10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929907
