Title :
Glasses for infrared fibre applications
Author :
Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Heike
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Photonics & Adv. Sensing, Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Abstract :
This paper reviews the optical and thermal properties of glasses transmitting light > 2 microns wavelength. The potential of the glasses for high power and high nonlinearity fibre applications and recent progress in fabrication of fibre from these glasses are also reviewed.
Keywords :
glass transition; infrared spectra; nonlinear optics; optical fibre fabrication; optical glass; fibre fabrication; glass; high nonlinear fibre application; high power fibre application; infrared fibre applications; light transmission; optical properties; thermal properties;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), 39th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
London
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-84919-759-5
DOI :
10.1049/cp.2013.1329
