0000000001100730
AUTHOR
Y. Quiquempois
High third and second order non linearities of chalcogenide glasses and fibers for compact infrared non linear devices.
Due to their intrinsic nature, chalcogenide glasses present attractive nonlinearities from third and second order, with values reaching between 10 and 1000 times those of silica. We present a study of their properties and their shaping with the purpose to reach efficient devices in the near-mid infrared.
Chalcogenide glass-ceramics for second harmonic generation
International audience; Permanent second harmonic generation (SHG) in chalcogenide based glass-ceramics containing highly nonlinear micro-crystals (crystalline particle size≈2-4 μm) has been demonstrated. In order to investigate whether a controlled crystallisation is an efficient way for improving the SH temporal stability and SH signal intensity of chalcogenide glasses, the Ge23Sb12S65 composition was chosen for its stability against crystallisation and atmospheric corrosion. Different amounts of metallic cadmium were introduced to promote CdS crystallite formation. Glass-ceramics with volume crystallisation were obtained by heat treating the glass samples at different temperatures from 3…