Chalcogenide glass waveguides for the mid-infrared

Luther-Davies, Barry; Ma, Pan; Madden, Steve; Choi, Duk Yong; Yang, Zhiyong; Wang, Rongping

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Chalcogenide glass waveguides for the mid-infrared

Date

2013

Authors

Abstract

We report low loss air clad Ge11.5As24Se 64.5 chalcogenide glass rib waveguides fabricated on MgF2 crystal substrates for applications as optical sensors. Losses as low as 0.5dB/cm in the 4.7-5.4μm band have been obtained.