Highly Nonlinear Ge11.5As24Se64.5 nanowires with a nonlinear parameter up to 150,000 W-1km-1

Gai, Xin; Prasad, Amrita; Madden, Steve; Choi, Duk Yong; Bulla, Douglas; Luther-Davies, Barry

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Highly Nonlinear Ge11.5As24Se64.5 nanowires with a nonlinear parameter up to 150,000 W-1km-1

Date

2010

Authors

Abstract

We report the properties of dispersion-engineered nanowire waveguides fabricated in Ge11.5As24Se54.5 chalcogenide glass with γ ranging from ≈25,000-150,000W-1km-1. These waveguides are capable of generating broadband super-continuum when pumped with ps pulses with peak power ≈20W.