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  • Editor: Alan E. Willner
  • Vol. 37, Iss. 3 — Feb. 1, 2012
  • pp: 392–394

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Three-dimensional mid-infrared photonic circuits in chalcogenide glass

Airán Ródenas, Guillermo Martin, Brahim Arezki, Nickolas Psaila, Gin Jose, Animesh Jha, Lucas Labadie, Pierre Kern, Ajoy Kar, and Robert Thomson  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Letters, Vol. 37, Issue 3, pp. 392-394 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.37.000392


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Abstract

We report the fabrication of single-mode buried channel waveguides for the whole mid-IR transparency range of chalcogenide sulphide glasses (λ≤11  μm), by means of direct laser writing. We have explored the potential of this technology by fabricating a prototype three-dimensional three-beam combiner for future application in stellar interferometry that delivers a monochromatic interference visibility of 99.89% at 10.6 μm and an ultrahigh bandwidth (3–11 μm) interference visibility of 21.3%. These results demonstrate that it is possible to harness the whole transparency range offered by chalcogenide glasses on a single on-chip instrument by means of direct laser writing, a finding that may be of key significance in future technologies such as astrophotonics and biochemical sensing.

© 2012 Optical Society of America

OCIS Codes
(130.3060) Integrated optics : Infrared
(130.3120) Integrated optics : Integrated optics devices
(140.3390) Lasers and laser optics : Laser materials processing
(260.3060) Physical optics : Infrared
(350.1260) Other areas of optics : Astronomical optics
(080.1238) Geometric optics : Array waveguide devices

ToC Category:
Integrated Optics

History
Original Manuscript: November 16, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: December 20, 2011
Published: January 30, 2012

Citation
Airán Ródenas, Guillermo Martin, Brahim Arezki, Nickolas Psaila, Gin Jose, Animesh Jha, Lucas Labadie, Pierre Kern, Ajoy Kar, and Robert Thomson, "Three-dimensional mid-infrared photonic circuits in chalcogenide glass," Opt. Lett. 37, 392-394 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-37-3-392

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