GeS2-Ga2S3-CsI chalcohalide glasses for all-optical switching devices

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3416, Issue , 1998, Pages 177-185

  Marchese, D ^a   De Sario, M ^a   Jha, A ^b   Kar, A K ^c   Smith, E G ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

All optical Switch; Beam Propagation Method; Chalcohalide Glasses; Directional Coupler; Optical Nonlinearity; Telecommunication routing

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; IONS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL GLASS; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

CHALCOHALIDE GLASSES;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0038414862     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.323388     Document Type: Conference Paper

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