Synopses & Reviews
Chalcogenide glasses are promising materials for photonic applications due to their unique properties and functionalities. They are transparent from the visible to the near infrared region and can be molded into lenses or drawn into fibers. One of the most commercially successful applications has been lenses for infrared cameras. Chalcogenide glass fibers and optical components, such as waveguides, have been developed for use with lasers, for optical switching, chemical and temperature sensing and phase change memories. Contributors to part one cover preparation methods and properties of chalcogenide glasses. In part two they explore their photonic applications.
Part one outlines the preparation methods and properties of chalcogenide glasses, including the thermal properties, structure, and optical properties, before going on to discuss mean coordination and topological constraints in chalcogenide network glasses and the photo-induced phenomena in chalcogenide glasses. This section also covers the ionic conductivity and physical aging of chalcogenide glasses, deposition techniques for chalcogenide thin films, and transparent chalcogenide glass-ceramics. Part two explores the applications of chalcogenide glasses, such as rare-earth-doped chalcogenide glass for lasers and amplifiers, infrared sensing, microstructured optical fibres for infrared applications, and chalcogenide glass waveguide devices for all-optical signal processing. Chapters further discuss the control of light on the nanoscale with chalcogenide thin films, chalcogenide glass resists for lithography, and chalcogenide for phase change optical and electrical memories. The book concludes with an overview of chalcogenide glasses as electrolytes for batteries.
Synopsis
Chalcogenide glasses are promising materials for photonic applications due to their unique properties and functionalities. They are transparent from the visible to the near infrared region and can be molded into lenses or drawn into fibers. One of the most commercially successful applications has been lenses for infrared cameras. Chalcogenide glass fibers and optical components, such as waveguides, have been developed for use with lasers, for optical switching, chemical and temperature sensing and phase change memories. Contributors to part one cover preparation methods and properties of chalcogenide glasses. In part two they explore their photonic applications.
About the Author
Jean Luc Adam is Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France, and Director of the Institute of Chemical Sciences at the Universite de Rennes 1, France. He is also Joint Head of the International Laboratory on Materials and Optics at the University of Arizona, in Tucson.
Xianghua Zhang is Director of Research of the Laboratory of Glasses and Ceramics at the University of Rennes, France.
Table of Contents
Part 1 Preparation and properties of chalcogenide glasses: Preparation of high-purity chalcogenide glasses; Structure of chalcogenide glasses characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR); Mean coordination and topological constraints in chalcogenide network glasses; Thermal properties of chalcogenide glasses; Optical properties of chalcogenide glasses and fibers; Photo-induced phenomena in chalcogenide glasses; Ionic conductivity of chalcogenide glasses; Physical aging of chalcogenide glasses; Deposition techniques for chalcogenide thin films; Transparent chalcogenide glass-ceramics
Part 2 Applications of chalcogenide glasses: Rare-earth-doped chalcogenide glass for lasers and amplifiers; Chalcogenide waveguides for infrared sensing; Chalcogenide microstructured optical fibers for infrared applications; Chalcogenide glass waveguide devices for all-optical signal processing; Controlling light on the nanoscale with chalcogenide thin films; Second harmonic generation in chalcogenide glasses; Chalcogenide glass resists for lithography; Chalcogenide for phase change optical and electrical memories; Chalcogenide glasses as electrolytes for batteries