Title :
All-Optical Switching and Two-Photon Absorption Effects in Long-Period Gratings in As2Se3 Chalcogenide Fibre
Author :
Nguyen, Hong C. ; Grujic, Thomas ; Finsterbusch, Klaus ; Mägi, Eric C. ; Fu, Libin ; Kuhlmey, Boris T. ; De Sterke, C. Martijn ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
Abstract :
We show that two-photon absorption can actually improve the performance of a long-period grating switch in highly nonlinear As2Se3 chalcogenide fibre. We demonstrate numerically and experimentally low power switching behavior at pulse intensities around 65 MW/cm2.
Keywords :
arsenic compounds; chalcogenide glasses; diffraction gratings; nonlinear optics; optical fibres; optical glass; optical switches; two-photon spectra; As2Se3; all-optical switching; long-period grating switch; low power switching; nonlinear chalcogenide glass fibre; two-photon absorption effect; Absorption; Fiber gratings; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical pulses; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Resonance; Silicon compounds;
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
DOI :
10.1109/COINACOFT.2007.4519197
