Title :
Third-order nonlinearities of Ge28Sb12Se60 for waveguide devices
Author :
Krogstad, Molly R. ; Rengnath, Elisabeth ; Wounjhang Park ; Gopinath, Juliet T.
Author_Institution :
Depts. of Phys. & Electr., Comput., & Energy Eng., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
The optical nonlinearities of the chalcogenide Ge28Sb12Se60 are studied using the z-scan technique with femtosecond and picosecond laser pulses at 1.0 μm. Results indicate this glass shows promise for nonlinear optical waveguide devices.
Keywords :
antimony compounds; chalcogenide glasses; germanium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; nonlinear optics; optical glass; optical materials; optical waveguides; Ge28Sb12Se60; chalcogenide glass; femtosecond laser pulses; nonlinear optical waveguide devices; picosecond laser pulses; third-order nonlinearities; wavelength 1.0 mum; z-scan technique; Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Optical waveguides; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
