High-Q ring resonators directly written in As<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub> chalcogenide glass films

Shahar Levy; Matvei Klebanov; Avi Zadok

doi:10.1364/PRJ.3.000063

Photonics Research, Volume. 3, Issue 3, 63(2015)

High-Q ring resonators directly written in As₂S₃ chalcogenide glass films

Shahar Levy¹, Matvei Klebanov², and Avi Zadok^1、*

Author Affiliations

¹Faculty of Engineering, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 5290002, Israel

²Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel

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