title: Highly nonlinear As-S-Se glasses for all-optical switching.
abstract: We have synthesized a series of chalcogenide glasses from the As-S-Se system that is designed to have strong nonlinearities. Measurements reveal that many of these glasses offer optical Kerr nonlinearities greater than 400 times that of fused silica at 1.25 and 1.55mum and figures of merit for all-optical switching greater than 5 at 1.55mum .
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Harbold
authors.forename: F O
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Ilday
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Wise
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Sanghera
authors.forename: V Q
authors.initials: VQ
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Aggarwal