Nonlinear-optical effects in ion-exchanged semiconductor-doped glass waveguides

Autor: Ironside, C. N., Banyai, W. C., Finlayson, N., Cullen, T. J., Bhumbra, B. S., Seaton, C. T., Stegeman, G. I., Bell, J.
Zdroj: Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics; February 1988, Vol. 5 Issue: 2 p492-495, 4p
Abstrakt: We have measured nonlinear-optical effects in ion-exchanged channel waveguides fabricated in semiconductor-doped glass. The nonlinearity is manifested as optically induced saturable absorption displaying a resonant enhancement. The relaxation time of the nonlinearity was found to be tens of picoseconds. The relaxation time also exhibited wavelength dependence. Waveguide transmission and pulse-probe experiments using a picosecond mode-locked dye laser were used to carry out these measurements.
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