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The unique and striking material properties of chalcogenide glasses have been studied for decades, providing applications in the electronics industry, imaging and more recently in photonics. This Review summarizes progress in photonic devices that exploit the unique optical properties of chalcogenide glasses for a range of important applications, focusing on recent examples in mid-infrared sensing, integrated optics and ultrahigh-bandwidth signal processing.
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The authors thank J.D. Musgraves and T.D. Vo for their help in preparing this manuscript. The support of the Australian Research Council through its Federation Fellowship and Centre of Excellence scheme is also gratefully acknowledged. Funding support related to this effort has been provided to Clemson University by the US Department of Energy under award number DE-SC52-06NA27341 and the National Science Foundation (DMR-0807016).
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Eggleton, B., Luther-Davies, B. & Richardson, K. Chalcogenide photonics. Nature Photon 5, 141–148 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2011.309
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