Linear and nonlinear properties of chalcogenide glasses in the terahertz frequency

Maksim Zalkovskij; Radu Malureanu; A. Popescu; Andrew Strikwerda; Krzysztof Iwaszczuk; D. Savastru; Andrei Lavrinenko; Peter Uhd Jepsen

doi:10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876467

Linear and nonlinear properties of chalcogenide glasses in the terahertz frequency

Maksim Zalkovskij, Radu Malureanu, A. Popescu, Andrew Strikwerda, Krzysztof Iwaszczuk, D. Savastru, Andrei Lavrinenko, Peter Uhd Jepsen

National R&D Institute for Optoelectronics

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Abstract

Terahertz (THz) waves have the potential to improve a wide range of devices in the space, defense and semiconductor industries as well as offering the possibility of investigating various molecules of interest in biology, medicine, art etc. For this reason, THz sources, detectors and passive linear components have greatly been developed in recent years. However there is still no any non-linear device available. This is mainly due to the lack of the rigorous investigation of non-linear characteristics of materials in the THz range. We chose to investigate chalcogenide glasses due to their high nonlinear coefficients in the optical range, which might suggest pronounced nonlinear behavior also at THz frequencies. Here we present measurements, both linear and nonlinear, of As2S3 and As2Se3. For the linear measurements we employed a combination of THz time-domain spectroscopy setups. In the low frequency range we used a standard THz-TDS setup based on photoconductive switches while in the higher frequency domain we used an air biased coherent detection (ABCD) setup. This allowed for a wide frequency range (from 0.2 to 18 THz) investigation of the refractive index of the glasses. The nonlinear coefficient in the THz range was investigated using a lithium niobate based setup that allows us to reach electrical field strength exceeding 400 kV/cm. Results from both investigations will be presented during the talk.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	2014
Pages	1-2
Article number	6876467
ISBN (Print)	9781479956012
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876467
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	16th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks - Graz, Austria Duration: 6 Jul 2014 → 10 Jul 2014 Conference number: 16 http://www.nit.eu/icton2014

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Conference	16th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
Number	16
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Graz
Period	06/07/2014 → 10/07/2014
Internet address	http://www.nit.eu/icton2014

Keywords

Arsenic compounds
Chalcogenide glasses
Photoconducting switches
Terahertz wave spectra
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Photonics and Electrooptics
frequency 2.0E+11 1.8E+13 Hz
Air biased coherent detection setup
As(role bin)
As2(role bin)
As2S3(role bin)
As2Se3(role bin)
As2S3
As2Se3
Electrical field strength
Frequency 0.2 THz to 18 THz
Frequency-domain analysis
Glass
Li(role ss)
LiNbO3(role ss)
LiNbO3
Linear properties
Lithium niobate
Nb(role ss)
NbO3(role ss)
Nonlinear coefficient
Nonlinear properties
O(role ss)
O3(role ss)
Photoconductive switches
Photonics
Refractive index
Resonant frequency
S(role bin)
S3(role bin)
Se(role bin)
Se3(role bin)
Spectroscopy
Terahertz frequency
THz spectroscopy
THz time-domain spectroscopy

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Zalkovskij, M., Malureanu, R., Popescu, A., Strikwerda, A., Iwaszczuk, K., Savastru, D., Lavrinenko, A., & Jepsen, P. U. (2014). Linear and nonlinear properties of chalcogenide glasses in the terahertz frequency. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (pp. 1-2). Article 6876467 IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876467

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Zalkovskij, M, Malureanu, R, Popescu, A, Strikwerda, A, Iwaszczuk, K, Savastru, D, Lavrinenko, A & Jepsen, PU 2014, Linear and nonlinear properties of chalcogenide glasses in the terahertz frequency. in Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks., 6876467, IEEE, pp. 1-2, 16th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, Graz, Austria, 06/07/2014. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876467

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Linear and nonlinear properties of chalcogenide glasses in the terahertz frequency

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