Title :
Ge11.5As24Se64.5 chalcogenide glass nanowires with a nonlinear parameter of 136,000W−1km−1 at 1550nm
Author :
Gai, Xin ; Choi, Duk-Yong ; Madden, Steve ; Bulla, Douglas ; 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-1m-1 at 1550nm. Supercontinuum (SC) was produced in an 18mm long nanowire.
Keywords :
arsenic compounds; chalcogenide glasses; germanium compounds; nanofabrication; nanowires; semiconductor growth; semiconductor quantum wires; supercontinuum generation; Ge11.5As24Se64.5; chalcogenide glass nanowires; fundamental TM mode; nanowire loss; nonlinear coefficient; nonlinear parameter; size 18 mm; supercontinuum spanning; wavelength 1550 nm; Absorption; Loss measurement; Monitoring; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices (COMMAD), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Canberra, ACT
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7334-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1097-2137
DOI :
10.1109/COMMAD.2010.5699755