Abstract
We report on buried planar waveguides in a highly nonlinear infrared transmitting chalcogenide glass, fabricated using a combination of inverted deposition of the molten glass phase and high-velocity spinning. Films of gallium lanthanum sulphide (Ga:La:S) glass were deposited onto an expansion coefficient matched Ga:La:S cladding substrate. These amorphous films, with an optimized composition designed to be resistant against crystallization, were observed to have an excellent interface quality and uniformity. The designed planar chip had a buried core, 6 µm thick in the vertical direction, in single-mode operation at 1.064 µm and a measured propagation loss of
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