Chalcogenide Glasses for Infrared Photonics |
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Authors: | Jean-Luc Adam Laurent Calvez Johann Trolès Virginie Nazabal |
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Affiliation: | Glasses & Ceramics Group, Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, UMR CNRS 6226, Université de Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes, France |
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Abstract: | The last advances in the synthesis and shaping techniques of chalcogenide glasses suitable for infrared photonics are reported. Ball milling combined with spark plasma sintering allows the preparation of bulk chalcogenide glasses at lower temperature and at lower cost. Microstructuring of optical fibers results in enhanced nonlinear properties leading to the demonstration of low-threshold Brillouin laser at 1.55 μm, all-optical wavelength conversion and time-domain demultiplexing with a 170 Gb/s rate, and supercontinuum between 1.5 and 2.8 μm. The potential of integrated waveguides for functions such as near-IR sensing, mid-IR injection, and (bio)-chemical functionalization is shown. |
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