Title :
Highly nonlinear chalcogenide glasses for ultrafast all optical switching in optical TDM communication systems
Author :
Spalter, S. ; Lenz, G. ; Slusher, R.E. ; Hwang, H.Y. ; Zimmermann, J. ; Ktsufuji, T. ; Cheong, S.-W. ; Lines, M.E.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Single-mode planar waveguides were fabricated from chalcogenide glass compounds with large Kerr nonlinearities. Strong self-phase modulation of sub-ps pulses along with low linear and nonlinear absorption losses demonstrates the potential for integrated all-optical switching applications.
Keywords :
chalcogenide glasses; high-speed optical techniques; optical Kerr effect; optical fabrication; optical fiber communication; optical glass; optical losses; optical planar waveguides; optical switches; self-phase modulation; time division multiplexing; Kerr nonlinearities; chalcogenide glass compounds; fabrication; integrated all-optical switching applications; linear absorption losses; nonlinear absorption losses; nonlinear chalcogenide glasses; optical TDM communication systems; single-mode planar waveguides; strong self-phase modulation; sub-picosecond pulses; ultrafast all optical switching; Absorption; Glass; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical planar waveguides; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Pulse modulation; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-630-3
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2000.868545
