Abstract
A new -based chalcohalide glass was synthesized by the melt-quenching technique for nonlinear optical applications. A large glass-forming region was defined, and a wide infrared transmission was measured. Marked optical third-order nonlinearity was measured making this glass one of the best candidates for ultrafast nonlinear optical applications. All-optical switching in the second telecommunication window by control of the optical pulse intensity in a twin-core-fiber directional coupler was numerically modeled, and a crossover length of 9.25 mm was calculated.
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