• DocumentCode
    2635127
  • Title

    All-optical directional coupler switching in chalcogenide glass

  • Author

    Ruan, Yinlan ; Luther-Davies, Barry ; Rode, Andrei ; Kolev, Vesselin ; Krolikowski, Wieslaw

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Ultra-high-bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-22 Oct. 2005
  • Firstpage
    609
  • Lastpage
    610
  • Abstract
    The waveguide-based directional couplers in As2S3 glass were fabricated by using inductively coupled plasma (ICP) etching. Their ultrafast all-optical switching operation was demonstrated at 1.53 mum with switching peak power of 55 W
  • Keywords
    arsenic compounds; chalcogenide glasses; optical directional couplers; optical fabrication; optical glass; optical switches; sputter etching; 1.53 mum; 55 W; As2S3; all-optical directional coupler switching; chalcogenide glass; inductively coupled plasma etching; Directional couplers; Etching; Fiber nonlinear optics; Glass; Optical attenuators; Optical films; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Sydney, NSW
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9217-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548144
  • Filename
    1548144