Ultrafast all-optical chalcogenide glass photonic circuits

Author

Eggleton, B.J. ; Ta´eed, V.G. ; Baker, N. ; Fu, L. ; Finsterbusch, K. ; Lamont, M.R.E. ; Moss, D.J. ; Nguyen, H.C. ; Choi, D.-Y. ; Madden, S. ; Luther-Davies, B.

Author_Institution

Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst., Sydney Univ., Sydney, NSW

fYear

2007

fDate

24-27 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Chalcogenide glasses offer large ultrafast third-order nonlinearities, combined with low two-photon absorption and absence of free carrier absorption in a photosensitivity medium. This unique combination of properties is nearly ideal for all-optical signal processing devices. In this paper we review the key properties of these materials, outline progress in the field and focus on several recent highlights: high quality gratings, signal regeneration and wavelength conversion.

Keywords

chalcogenide glasses; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; nonlinear optics; optical glass; photonic crystals; two-photon processes; all-optical signal processing devices; chalcogenide glass; free carrier absorption; high quality gratings; photonic circuits; photosensitivity medium; signal regeneration; two-photon absorption; ultrafast third-order nonlinearities; wavelength conversion; Circuits; Fiber nonlinear optics; Glass; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical pulse compression; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Internet, 2007 and the 2007 32nd Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. COIN-ACOFT 2007. Joint International Conference on

Conference_Location

Melbourne, VIC

Print_ISBN

978-0-9775657-3-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-9775657-3-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COINACOFT.2007.4519076

Filename

4519076