Chalcogenide waveguides as a base for engineering broadband light sources in the mid-infrared

Author

Romanova, Elena A. ; Shiryaev, Vladimir S. ; Furniss, David ; Seddon, Angela B. ; Benson, Trevor M.

Author_Institution

Saratov State Univ., Saratov, Russia

fYear

2011

fDate

26-30 June 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Chalcogenide glasses are important for applications in the mid-infrared (IR) spectral range because of their good mid-IR transparency and their high non-linear refractive indices. Our research is focused on creation of mid-IR supercontinuum sources. Numerical modelling of the ultra-short pulse propagation in various kinds of chalcogenide waveguides is complemented by experimental measurement of pulse spectrum broadening in some particular structures.

Keywords

chalcogenide glasses; infrared spectra; light propagation; light sources; numerical analysis; optical glass; optical waveguides; spectral line broadening; broadband light sources; chalcogenide glasses; chalcogenide waveguides; mid-IR supercontinuum sources; mid-IR transparency; nonlinear refractive indices; numerical modelling; pulse spectrum broadening; ultrashort pulse propagation; Glass; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Sensors; numerical modelling; optical glass; supercontinuum generation; ultra-short pulses;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2011 13th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Stockholm

ISSN

2161-2056

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0881-7

Electronic_ISBN

2161-2056

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2011.5971061

Filename

5971061