Abstract
In this paper we report degenerate four-wave-mixing measurements of the nonlinear coefficient of rutile and a number of optical glasses at 1.06 μm. We define a figure of merit which measures the suitability of a material for nonlinear waveguide switches and show that the best glasses have figures of merit substantially higher than any other material. We include a brief discussion of the types of switching elements that could be made with these materials.
Keywords
Figure of meritUltrashort pulseNonlinear opticsNonlinear systemOpticsMixing (physics)Degenerate energy levelsMaterials scienceOptical materialsOptical switchNonlinear opticalWaveguideOptoelectronicsLaserPhysics
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S. R. Fribérg,
P. W. Smith
(1987).
Nonlinear optical glasses for ultrafast optical switches.
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
, 23
(12)
, 2089-2094.
https://doi.org/10.1109/jqe.1987.1073278
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- 10.1109/jqe.1987.1073278