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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 18, Iss. 25 — Dec. 6, 2010
  • pp: 26635–26646

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Progress in optical waveguides fabricated from chalcogenide glasses

Xin Gai, Ting Han, Amrita Prasad, Steve Madden, Duk-Yong Choi, Rongping Wang, Douglas Bulla, and Barry Luther-Davies  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 25, pp. 26635-26646 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.026635


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Abstract

We review the fabrication processes and properties of waveguides that have been made from chalcogenide glasses including highly nonlinear waveguides developed for all-optical processing.

© 2010 OSA

OCIS Codes
(130.2755) Integrated optics : Glass waveguides

ToC Category:
Chalcogenide Glass

History
Original Manuscript: August 30, 2010
Revised Manuscript: October 31, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: November 2, 2010
Published: December 6, 2010

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Xin Gai, Ting Han, Amrita Prasad, Steve Madden, Duk-Yong Choi, Rongping Wang, Douglas Bulla, and Barry Luther-Davies, "Progress in optical waveguides fabricated from chalcogenide glasses," Opt. Express 18, 26635-26646 (2010)
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