• DocumentCode
    2724089
  • Title

    All-optical switching in nonlinear long-period gratings in As2Se3 chalcogenide fiber

  • Author

    Nguyen, H.C. ; Yeom, D.-I. ; Mägi, E.C. ; Kuhlmey, B.T. ; De Sterke, C. Martijn ; Eggleton, B.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst., Sydney Univ., Sydney, NSW
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    7-10 July 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We experimentally demonstrate all-optical switching using an acoustically generated long-period grating in highly nonlinear As2Se3 chalcogenide fiber. The results, with numerical simulations, demonstrate switching at optical powers two orders of magnitude lower than in silica.
  • Keywords
    arsenic compounds; chalcogenide glasses; diffraction gratings; optical fibres; optical switches; As2Se3; all optical switching; chalcogenide fiber; nonlinear long period gratings; optical powers; orders of magnitude; Acoustic measurements; Acoustic pulses; Fiber nonlinear optics; Gratings; Optical sensors; Power generation; Pulse measurements; Resonance; Silicon compounds; Switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
  • Conference_Location
    Sydney
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-85825-807-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-0-85825-807-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610495
  • Filename
    4610495
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2724089