Novel glass compositions and fabrication technologies for photonic integrated circuits

Heavy metal fluoride, chalcogenide, and fluoro-tellurite glasses proffer photonic integrated circuit functionality over a wide wavelength range, and combine high optical non-linearity with the ability to incorporate active dopants. The ability to access a range of glass compositions offers great flexibility in both design and processing. In this paper, we present fabrication methodologies for producing such novel glass-based waveguide components.