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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548144
