Advancing the application of planar chalcogenides
Advancing the application of planar chalcogenides
Interest in low-loss planar glass films has been intense due to potential applications in integrated optics. In particular the development of low loss planar waveguides has been the focus of much research and a wide variety of film deposition and waveguide formation methods have been developed in particular for silica on silicon.
However, the need for compact planar devices incorporating active components, such as modulators or switches, requires the application of glasses with high non-linearity. We report here on recent progress in the deposition, characterization and application of glasses in the chalcogenide family including those based on gallium and lanthanum sulphides and germanium sulphide. In parallel with these activities, efforts to ensure high purity have successfully reduced transition metal impurities and OH to levels below 1 ppm.
These processes have opened up the potential for chalcogenide films and glasses to be developed with purities similar to those achieve in silica. The talk concludes with an overview of the applications which are currently motivating this work.
Curry, R.J.
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Huang, Chung-Che
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Mairaj, A.K.
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Simpson, Robert
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Hewak, Daniel
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November 2004
Curry, R.J.
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Huang, Chung-Che
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Mairaj, A.K.
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Simpson, Robert
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Curry, R.J., Huang, Chung-Che, Mairaj, A.K., Simpson, Robert and Hewak, Daniel
(2004)
Advancing the application of planar chalcogenides.
AcerS. Glass & Optical Materials Div., Fall 2004 Meeting.
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Interest in low-loss planar glass films has been intense due to potential applications in integrated optics. In particular the development of low loss planar waveguides has been the focus of much research and a wide variety of film deposition and waveguide formation methods have been developed in particular for silica on silicon.
However, the need for compact planar devices incorporating active components, such as modulators or switches, requires the application of glasses with high non-linearity. We report here on recent progress in the deposition, characterization and application of glasses in the chalcogenide family including those based on gallium and lanthanum sulphides and germanium sulphide. In parallel with these activities, efforts to ensure high purity have successfully reduced transition metal impurities and OH to levels below 1 ppm.
These processes have opened up the potential for chalcogenide films and glasses to be developed with purities similar to those achieve in silica. The talk concludes with an overview of the applications which are currently motivating this work.
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Published date: November 2004
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AcerS. Glass & Optical Materials Div., Fall 2004 Meeting, 2004-11-01
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