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Chalcogenide Glass Fibers for Photonic Devices
- Source :
- 15th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2013, International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), Jun 2013, Cartagena, Spain. pp.1-4, ⟨10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602839⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2013.
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Abstract
- International audience; Chalcogenide glasses are non-silica materials whose transparency extends well beyond 3 μm in the infrared. This broad infrared transparency is due to the low phonon energies of chalcogenide matrices, which contain heavy chemical elements (S, Se, Te) as compared to their oxide counterparts. Applications are directly related to these unique optical properties. Thus, chalcogenide glasses possess a high potential for applications as mid-infrared sources above 3 μm, where rare-earth-doped silica glass cannot operate. Also, chalcogenide photonic crystal fibers (PCF) might lead to new devices with unique optical properties in the mid-infrared domain like multimode or endlessly single-mode transmission of light, small or large mode area fibers, non-linear properties for wavelength conversion or generation of supercontinuum sources.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
Chalcogenide
Infrared
Chalcogenide glass
Physics::Optics
02 engineering and technology
01 natural sciences
Condensed Matter::Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
010309 optics
Condensed Matter::Materials Science
chemistry.chemical_compound
Optics
0103 physical sciences
Photonic crystal
Multi-mode optical fiber
business.industry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
chalcogenide glasses
Supercontinuum
chemistry
non-linear properties
infrared
Optoelectronics
microstructured optical fibers
Photonics
0210 nano-technology
business
[CHIM.OTHE]Chemical Sciences/Other
Photonic-crystal fiber
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- 15th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2013, International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), Jun 2013, Cartagena, Spain. pp.1-4, ⟨10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602839⟩
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....55b2f85a84502b5373c0d1069cb781fa