Nonlinear optical properties of antimony based glasses at telecom wavelengths

Author

De Araujo, Cid B.

Author_Institution

Dept. de Fis., Univ. Fed. de Pernambuco, Recife

Volume

3

fYear

2008

fDate

22-26 June 2008

Firstpage

244

Lastpage

247

Abstract

Nonlinear (NL) properties of antimony glasses (AG) were characterized for wavelengths in the infrared. NL refractive index n₂ap10^-13-10^-15 cm²/W of electronic origin, and small two-photon absorption coefficients, alpha₂, were determined. The figure-of-merit for all-optical switching, T=2alpha₂lambda/n², indicates that AG are good materials for photonic devices at telecom wavelengths.

Keywords

absorption coefficients; antimony compounds; nonlinear optics; optical glass; optical switches; refractive index; two-photon processes; all-optical switching; glass nonlinear optical properties; photonic devices; refractive index; telecom wavelengths; two-photon absorption coefficients; Absorption; Communication switching; Glass; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Refractive index; Telecommunication switching; Temperature; all-optical switching; antimony glasses; nonlinear refractive index; telecom wavelengths;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2008. ICTON 2008. 10th Anniversary International Conference on

Conference_Location

Athens

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2625-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2626-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2008.4598700

Filename

4598700